Vespasian AE Sestertius (ROMA, RIC II 815)

VESPASIAN, AD 69-79
AE Sestertius (33.21mm, 23.59g, 6h)
Struck AD 75. Rome mint
Obverse: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS VI, laureate head of Vespasian right
Reverse: ROMA, Roma standing left, holding vertical spear in left hand and Victory in right; S C across fields
References: RIC II 815 (R2, same dies), RCV - ; ERIC II - .

Worn with brassy highlights. This coin is one of only a handful of sestertius types that were struck for Vespasian in his sixth consular year (AD 75.) All of them are very rare; RIC II.1, published in 2007, records just eight different specimens from five types. This coin shares the same dies as the RIC plate coin (Vienna) and is also a double die match to HJB BBS 229, lot 513 (ex Curtis L. Clay Coll.), the only other specimen I could find outside of the three cited by RIC.

Colección : Roman Imperial - the Flavians