Divus Vespasian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 80-81. DIVO AVG VESP, the deified Vespasian seated to right, holding sceptre and Victory in cart ornamented with captured arms and drawn by quadriga of elephants with riders / IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII around large S•C. RIC II.2 257 (Titus); C. 205; BMCRE 221 (Titus). 24.36g, 33mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine; some mineral deposits over dark 'Tiber' patina. Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 66, 16 January 2020, lot 901;
Acquired from Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger.