Watch List notes:

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 77-78. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / COS VIII in exergue, Vespasian, in military dress, on left, standing left, holding vertical spear in right hand and parazonium slanted upward to right in left hand; on right, Victory standing left, holding wreath in right hand above Vespasian's head and palm frond in left. RIC II.1 935; Calicó 624; BMCRE 204; BN 181-2; Adda 55 var. (head left); Biaggi 317. Toned, a few scratches, minor marks. Fine.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Holyland Numismatics Inventory 001515 (February 2013).