156, Lot: 162. Estimate $500. Sold for $432.  	

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.49 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 75. 

Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS VII, laureate head right 
Rev: S-C, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt. 

RIC II 751 (Lugdunum); BMCRE pg. 429; Cohen 454. 

VF, dark grayish-green patina, even roughness.


From the CNG Electronic Auction 156, Jan 17, 2007.
By permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com.