Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Sestertius, 26.32g (7h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: ROMA S - C Roma standing left holding Victory and spear. RIC 443. BM 560. Paris 526, pl. XLVII (same rev. die). Cohen 419 (4 Fr.). From reverse die P174 in Kraay's unpublished die study, but a new obverse die, unknown to Kraay. Exceptional portrait. Olive patination. Choice EF
Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from CNG, June 2007