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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1013

Roman Empire, Vespasian (AD 69-79), AR Denarii (5): i) Rome, struck 72-73, T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT, laureate head of Titus, right, rev. [NEP RED], Neptune standing left, 2.65g (RIC 366; BMC 80), corroded to obverse, flattened to reverse, fair to good; ii) Rome, struck 73, IMP CAES, VESP AVG [...] laureate head right, rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Vespasian seated right on curule chair, holding sceptre and branch, 2.87g (RIC 545/6; cf. BMC 98), softened, some deposits, good to fine; iii) another, as before but with complete legends IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS, rev. PONTIF MAXIM, 2.50g (RIC 546; BMC 98), about fine; iv) another, as before, 2.77g, struck on a notably broad flan, well-centered and fine; v) another, struck 74, IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right, rev. PON MAX TR P COS V, Vespasian seated right on curule chair, as before, 2.85g (RIC 702; BMC 136), lustrous and fine to good fine; (5)

Provenance

The Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii, found at Little Busby, North Yorkshire, on 2 June 2021 [PAS YORYM-B64A28]



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