Lot 5471

Description

Vespasian, (A.D.69-79), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 71, (21.44 grams), obv. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right, rev. Victory inscribing shield attached to palm tree, Judaea seated right. around VICTORIA AVGVSTI, SC across, (S.2344, RIC 467, C.624); Hadrian (A.D. 117-138), AE sestertius, issued 123, Rome mint, (27.78 grams), obv. laureate head of Hadrian to right, drapery on far shoulder, around IMP CAES TRAIANVS HADRIAN VS AVG P M TR P COS III, rev. CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM around, Concordia standing to left, holding standard in each hand, S C in exergue, (S.3582, RIC 581a, C.268) (illustrated). First fair and porous, rare, second nearly very fine and scarce, both with collector's packets. (2)

Ex Pat Boland Collection.