Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 70. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P, laureate head right / COS ITER FORT RED, Fortuna, draped, standing left, dropping right hand to touch prow on ground to left, and holding cornucopia in left. RIC II.1 1104; Lyon 1 (unlisted dies); Calicó 602; BMCRE 373; BN –; Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Berk BBS 159 (3 June 2008), lot 10.