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Code: 10559
Vespasian Gold Aureus, AD 69-79, ‘Boscoreale' Toning
Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 71.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, Laureate head facing right.
Reverse: TR POT COS III, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand, rod in left.
RIC II 1114; Lyon 10; Calicó 682; Biaggi 338.
Practically extremely fine with a pleasing bold portrait, red tone in the devices.
7.4 grams, 19 mm in diameter.