Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 901. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  	Estimate $10000 Sold For $28000
Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (7.40 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 77-78. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head left / COS VIII in exergue, Vespasian standing left, holding spear and parazonium, being crowned by Victory holding palm branch. RIC II 106; Calicó 625; BMCRE 205; BN 183. Superb EF, lustrous.

From a North American Collection. Ex Michael F. Price Collection (Stack’s, 3 December 1996), lot 148.

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