Freeman & Sear - Mail Bid Sale 15 Lot: 337

ROMAN EMPIRE. Vespasian (AD 69-79). Orich dupondius 
13.35 gm). Lugdunum, 77-78. 

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P, laureate head of 
Vespasian right, globe under point of bust
FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing left, holding patera and 
cornucopiae, S-C across fields. 

RIC II, 1210. 

Dark brown patina, some orichalcum showing through 
near edges. Obverse struck in high relief. The head of 
Fides struck flatly. Otherwise extremely fine 
Estimated Value: $ 1,750 

Sold for high bid of $1500 [ $1725, or approx 1086.75 EUR, £862.5 GBP

From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 15, Closed June 27, 2008.
By permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear,com.