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Web Auction 5  23 Sep 2018
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Lot 877

Starting price: 250 CHF
Price realized: 700 CHF
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Vespasian, 69-79. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 25.98 g, 5 h), Rome, 74. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS V CENS Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. PAX AVGVST / S - C Pax standing front, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and cornucopiae with her left. BMCRE, p. 159, † = BN 710 = Cohen 314 = RIC 712 (same dies, but the obverse heavily tooled). Extremely rare and apparently the finest of very few known examples. A bold example struck on large flan and with a beautiful green patina. Minor flatness, otherwise, good very fine.
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