Watch List notes:

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 73. IMP CΛES VESP AVG P M COS IIII CEN, laureate head right / FIDES PVBL, clasped right hands, holding vertical, winged caduceus between two poppies and two stalks of grain. RIC 520; RSC 164; BMCRE 86; BN 75. EF, toned, a few faint hairlines. Rare in high grade.


From the Michael Joffre Collection.