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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1114. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius 
                                (26.67 gm, 7h). Rome mint. Struck 71 AD. 
                                Estimate $2500 Sold For $2000 

                              VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.67 gm, 7h). 
                              Rome mint. Struck 71 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS 
                              AVG P M T P P P COS III, laureate and draped bust 
                              right, seen from behind / HONOS ET VIRTVS, S C in 
                              exergue, Honos, draped at waist, standing right, 
                              holding long sceptre in right hand and cornucopiae 
                              in left hand, and Virtus in military outfit 
                              standing left, foot on cuirass, holding parazonium 
                              in right hand and spear in left hand; vis-à-vis. 
                              RIC II 423; C.M. Kraay, "The bronze coinage of 
                              Vespasian; classification and attribution," Essays 
                              Sutherland pp. 50-53; BMCRE 760 (Tarraco); cf. BN 
                              487; Cohen 203 var. (obv. legend). Good VF, dark 
                              green patina, light smoothing in fields. ($2500)

                              From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Gilbert 
                              Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 16 
                              November 1994), lot 289.








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