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                        Lot: 331

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV aureus (7.27 gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Vespasian (AD 69-79). Gold aureus (7.27 
                        gm). Tarraco, AD 70. IMP. CAESAR. VESPASIANVS. AVG, 
                        laureate head right / IVDAEA, mourning Jewess seated 
                        right on ground beside trophy. BMCRE 357 and 358, pl. 
                        11, 9-10 (same reverse die). Cohen 225 (50 Fr.). 
                        Excessively rare. A few minor surface marks, otherwise 
                        good very fine 

                        The Tarraco mint aureus of this type is far rarer than 
                        the Rome mint version and was quite possibly struck from 
                        just a single reverse die. Two specimens reside in the 
                        BM, and a third appeared in NFA XIV (29 November 1984, 
                        lot 349, from the same dies as BMCRE 357). Apart from 
                        their unusual style, Vespasian's gold and silver coins 
                        of Tarraco are distinguished from Rome mint pieces by 
                        pellets separating the words in the obverse legend on 
                        many coins including the present specimen, and by their 
                        use of a number of non-Roman reverse types, e.g. 
                        HISPANIA. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 10,000 




...Sold for $8,000 USD [ approx 6080 EUR, 4240 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).