Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 351 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$4000 / Unsold: 
                  Available at opening bid of US$3200 + 15% Buyers Fee 
                  Vespasian. Orichalcum sestertius 



             



            Vespasian. (69-79 AD). Orichalcum sestertius (23.27 gm). Rome, 76 
            AD. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS VII, laureate head right 
            / PAX AVGVST S C, Pax standing left holding branch and cornucopia. 
            BMCRE 716. BNC 746 pl. LXII (same obverse die). Cohen 316. RIC 573a. 
            Green patination. Untouched fresh sestertius. Virtually mint state. 

            A scarce issue; most of Vespasian's sestertii were struck in 71 (COS 
            III). 




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