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Session Five - Tuesday, February 14th 10:00am PST
Enlargement
2039 Vespasian. Gold Aureus (7.09 g), AD 69-79
. Rome, AD 77/8. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head of Vespasian right.
Reverse:
ANNONA AVG, Annona seated left, holding sack of grain ears. RIC 963; BN 256; BMC 290; Calicó 590. We note some very tiny puncture marks on
the obverse.
About Very Fine
.
Estimate Value ....................................................................................................................................................................... $2,000 - 2,500
Ex Bowers and Merena (8-9 April 1993), 2648.
2040
Vespasian. Silver Denarius (3.40 g), AD 69-79
. Rome, AD
73. IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head of Vespasian right.
Reverse:
SALVS AVG, Salus seated left, holding patera. RIC 513;
BMC 105; RSC 431.
NGC grade XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/
5.
Estimate Value ......................................................$250 - 300
2041
Vespasian, with Titus and Domitian, as Caesars. Æ (8.79
g), AD 69-79
. Tomis in Moesia Inferior. Laureate head of Ves-
pasian right.
Reverse:
Confronted bare heads of Titus and
Domitian. RPC 402; AMNG I/2 2590; Varbanov 4642.
Very
Rare.
Uniform dark brown patina. Porous.
About Very Fine
.
Estimate Value ......................................................$200 - 300
The Aurora Family Collection.
2042
Titus. Gold Aureus (6.84 g), as Caesar, AD 69-79
. Rome,
AD 77/8. T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS, laureate head of Titus
right.
Reverse:
COS VI in exergue, Roma seated right on two
shields, resting foot on helmet, spear resting against far shoul-
der; at her feet to right, she-wolf standing right, head turned
back, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; in left and right
fields, two eagles flying towards her. RIC 954; BN 199; BMC
223; Calicó 738a.
Fine
.
Estimate Value ................................................ $1,000 - 1,300
Ex Coin Galleries (17 November 1981), 2.
2043
Titus. Æ Sestertius (25.15 g), AD 79-81
. Thracian mint, AD
80/1. IMP T CAES DIVI VES P F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, lau-
reate head of Titus right.
Reverse:
S C across field, Mars
advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder. RIC
499; BMC 310; RPC 502. Uniform chocolate brown patina.
About Very Fine
.
Estimate Value ..................................................... $300 - 400
Ex Coin Galleries (17 July 2002), 545.