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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 125Auction date: 23 June 2021
Lot number: 583

Lot description:


Uncertain mint in Asia, Ephesus (?). Titus caesar 69 – 79.
Denarius 76, AR 3.33 g. T CAES IMP VESP CENS Laureate head r.; below neck truncation, o. Rev. COS – V Bull or heifer (?) standing r. C 56. BMC Vespasian 486. RIC Vespasian 1483n (this coin illustrated). CBN Vespasian 374. RPC 1458.
Very rare. A bold portrait of excellent style struck on a very broad flan. Light old cabinet
tone, an unobtrusive metal flaw on reverse field, otherwise good very fine

Privately purchased from H.Sneh on the 9th of April 2011.

Estimate: 1500 CHF