★ A very sharp sestertius of Vespasian ★

Vespasian, 69-79. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 24.48 g, 6 h), Rome, 71. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. PAX AVGVSTI / S - C Pax standing front, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. BMC 555. Cohen 326 var. (CAESAR). RIC 243. A very sharp and boldly struck piece. The obverse somewhat smoothed, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a Bavarian collection of Roman Imperial bronze coins, formed in the 1990s and early 2000s.