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Auction X  13 January 2013
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Lot 733

Estimate: 375 USD
Price realized: 500 USD
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Vespasian with Titus and Domitian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.32g. (6h). Tarraco, 70 AD. Obv: [IMP] CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head of Vespasian laureate right. Rx: [CAES]AR AVG F COS CAESAR AVG [F PR] Bare heads of Titus and Domitian facing each other. RIC 1302 (R ), pl. 71 = Paris 2, pl. XXVII (wrongly under Rome, same rev. die as ours). BM 351A, pl. 11.3 (same obv. die as ours). Cohen 5 (30 Fr.). Fine.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from The Time Machine, January 2011.

According to Harry Sneh's ticket this specimen is listed and illustrated in I. Carradice et al., Les Monedas de la Provincia Tarraconensis (69-70 dC), Barcelona 2010, D-3.6, p. 153, 12 specimens known. Much rarer than the Rome-mint version of the same coin.
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