Watch List notes:

Vespasian, 69-79. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 3.32 g, 7 h), Ephesus, 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. [PACI O]RB TERR AVG Diademed and draped bust of Pax to right, wearing mural crown; below, [EPHE]. BMC 459. CBN -. Cohen 293 corr. (reverse description). RIC 1433. RPC II 835. Lightly toned and of lovely eastern style, with a particularly distinct rendering of Vespasian's laurel wreath. Struck on a slightly short flan, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 March 2006, 2036 and Numismatica Ars Classica P, 12 May 2005, 1957.