Watch List notes:

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / ROMA, S C across field, Roma, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding Victory on extended right hand and vertical spear in left. RIC II.1 190; BMCRE 560-3; BN 525-8; CNG E-143, lot 209 (same dies). Green patina, areas of minor smoothing on obverse, some roughness. EF. Wonderful portrait.

From the Lampasas Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (Bill Kalmbach), 2006. Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 1585 (hammer $3100).