Vespasian Æ As. Lugdunum, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right, globe at point of bust / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; S-C across fields. RIC II.1 1176; BMCRE 811† note. 11.29g, 29mm, 7h.
Very Fine; beautiful untouched patina and well centred. Rare.
From the property of an American collector;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 38, 29 July 2017, lot 546.
The reverse type is taken from the Nero Dupondii and Asses: late Nero bronzes of this reverse type also exist with countermarks of Vespasian. Both indicators of a transitional time between the two emperors.