Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ as (11,74 g). Lugdunum mint, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, Laureate head right / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; S-C across fields. Brown and green encrustations in fields, mostly on obverse. A lovely portrait of fine style. Dark-green patina. Rare. RIC II.1 1176, BMCRE 807, Purchased from Stanley Gibbons, London, 22.04.1976 Grade: 1+