Watch List notes:

Vespasian AR Denarius. Ephesus, AD 69-70. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left on throne, holding grain ears, poppy and cornucopiae; sideways Φ under throne. RIC II.2 1400 var. (Φ in exergue); BMCRE -, cf. 434; RPC II 809 var. (same); RSC 65c var. (same); Roma e76, 964. 3.43g, 18mm, 6h.

Good Extremely Fine; beautiful light cabinet tone. An apparently unrecorded variant of very rare type, among the finest known examples.

Ex Scipio Collection;
Ex Marti Hervera 20 May 2004, lot 333
Sold with export license from Spain.