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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #10
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                 Web Product ID: 2210
                 Estimate: $200.00
                 Final Sale Price: $258.50
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                 Denomination: Denarius
                 Grade: VF
                 Reference: RPC II 850; RSC 68 var.; c/m: Howgego 839




  Vespasian. 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (3.18 gm). Struck 72 AD. Ephesus mint. IMP CAESAR
  VESPAS AVG COS IIII TR P P P, laureate head right; c/m: IMP VES within rectangular
  incuse / CONCORDIA [AVG], Ceres seated left, holding grain-ears and poppy in right
  hand, cornucopiae in left; * in exergue. RPC II 850; RSC 68 var.; c/m: Howgego 839.
  Coin VF, countermark Fine. Interesting countermark of Vespasian on a coin of
  Vespasian! Estimate $200.



  This coin is remarkable not only because it is countermarked by the same authority
  who issued it, which is extraordinary in itself, but because it is dated to
  Vespasian's fourth consulship (72 AD) with a legend which has not previously been
  recorded until just recently (see Annual Report of the American Numismatic Society
  1991, p. 13, fig. 14; also, CNG 45, 18 March 1998, lot 1965, with this same
  countermark).


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