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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Vespasian. 69-79 AD. 40-as, 10.61g. (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN COS VIIII (counterclockwise) Head laureate left. Rx: S - C across field, Spes advancing left holding flower and raising skirt. RIC 1093 (R ), pl. 57 (Oxford, same obv. die). VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Sayles & Lavender, November 2010.
Bronze coins dated to Vespasian's last year, COS VIIII = 79 AD, are all very rare. This particular As with Spes in not in BMC, the Paris catalogue, or Cohen. RIC 1093 lists specimens in Oxford and Rome, and should have known several others too, to justify its rarity rating R.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Sayles & Lavender, November 2010.
Bronze coins dated to Vespasian's last year, COS VIIII = 79 AD, are all very rare. This particular As with Spes in not in BMC, the Paris catalogue, or Cohen. RIC 1093 lists specimens in Oxford and Rome, and should have known several others too, to justify its rarity rating R.