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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 822

Estimate: 750 USD
Price realized: 775 USD
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Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Laureate head right / E X across upper field, round shield, inscribed S C, set low on column, on which stands urn; flanked by two laurels. RIC II.1 359 (Titus); RSC 149. Light iridescent toning, minor deposits on obverse. EF.

From the Conti Collection. Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 701; Gorny & Mosch 249 (11 October 2017), lot 565.

This reverse type depicts a funerary urn containing Vespasian's ashes.
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