Lot 152
152
Vespasian (69-79), Aureus, 7.316g., IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head right, rev. VESTA, the shrine of Vesta on the Palatine, with statue of Vesta at centre and statues on pedestals to left and right (C.578; BMC 107; RIC 69(a), pl.1,4), very fine, reverse good very fine
Vespasian (69-79), Aureus, 7.316g., IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head right, rev. VESTA, the shrine of Vesta on the Palatine, with statue of Vesta at centre and statues on pedestals to left and right (C.578; BMC 107; RIC 69(a), pl.1,4), very fine, reverse good very fine

Details
Vespasian (69-79), Aureus, 7.316g., IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head right, rev. VESTA, the shrine of Vesta on the Palatine, with statue of Vesta at centre and statues on pedestals to left and right (C.578; BMC 107; RIC 69(a), pl.1,4), very fine, reverse good very fine
Provenance
Jules Wertheim, Ars Classica XII, Lucerne, 18-23 October 1926, lot 2806
Arthur M Woodward, Glendining, 27 September 1962, lot 181

Lot Essay

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