Watch List notes:

Vespasian. Denarius; Vespasian; 69-79 AD, Ephesus, c. 69-70 AD, Denarius, 2.80g. RIC-1393 (R3). Obv: IMP CAES - VESPA[S] AVG Head laureate r.; on neck rectangular countermark IMP V[ES] with IMP and VE ligate (Howgego-839). Rx: A[V]G on round shield within oak wreath. Extremely rare, apparently the second recorded specimen, the first having appeared in Schenk-Behrens 76, 26 Nov. 1998, lot 186, as reported but not illustrated by RIC-1393. The attribution of this reverse type to Ephesus, suggested by the use on later marked coins of that mint of a simplified version of the same type, AVG within oak wreath but without the shield, is confirmed by the countermark of Vespasian on our new specimen, since the few Flavian denarii known to have been marked with that countermark are all coins of the Ephesus mint.. F