Gemini, LLC
Auction X 13 January 2013
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.13g. (6h). Tarraco, c. 69-70 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate left. Rx: VICTORIA IMP - VESPASIANI Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm. RIC 1340 (R ). BM 361. Paris 30 var. Cohen 631 (100 Fr.). Some corrosion on lower part of obverse. About EF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
According to Harry Sneh's ticket this specimen is cited in I. Carradice's Tarraconensis book, D-11.33 (same obverse die as D-11.23). Interesting reverse legend and rare, but Cohen's 100-franc valuation seems excessive! The die axis of our coin is inverted, showing that the mint in question sometimes used that axis, not restricting itself to the upright axis, as RIC states.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
According to Harry Sneh's ticket this specimen is cited in I. Carradice's Tarraconensis book, D-11.33 (same obverse die as D-11.23). Interesting reverse legend and rare, but Cohen's 100-franc valuation seems excessive! The die axis of our coin is inverted, showing that the mint in question sometimes used that axis, not restricting itself to the upright axis, as RIC states.