Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head right / PACI ORB TERR AVG, Turreted and draped female bust right; ΦY monogram below. RIC II.1 1426; RPC II Online 828.8 (this coin); RSC 293a; BMCRE 450; BN –. Minor die break and slight double strike on reverse. Near EF. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 1143.