Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.50 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 73. IMP CΛES VESP ΛVG CEN, laureate head right / SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand, left arm at side. RIC II.1 513; RSC 431; BMCRE 105-6; BN 90-1. Lightly toned. Near EF. Struck on a broad flan. Bold portrait.
Ex John L. Cowan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 114, 13 May 2020), lot 793, purchased from Dr. Arnold Saslow, 2 October 1993.