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Auction 132  30-31 May 2022
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Lot 523

Estimate: 35 000 CHF
Price realized: 44 000 CHF
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Vespasian, 69 – 79
Aureus 70, AV 7.36 g. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Laureate head r. Rev. COS ITER – T – R POT Pax seated l., holding branch and caduceus. C –. BMC 23. RIC 28. CBN 17. Calicó 607a.
Rare. A spectacular portrait struck in very high relief and a delightful reddish tone.
Virtually as struck and almost Fdc

Ex Stack's 2 December 1997, Lovejoy and Singer, 348; Stack's 2 December 1998, 12; Stack's 01 December 1999, Globus, and NGSA 4, 2006, 164 sales. Probably from the Boscoreale hoard of 1895.

Graded MS Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5, NGC certification number 6159320-006.

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