Ancient Rome Vespasian Sestertius with Victory 69AD to 79AD
Vespasian, founder of the Flavian dynasty, ruled Rome from AD 69 to AD 79. This base-metal sestertius is one of the more valuable patterns of his many coins. Weight of the sestertius range between 23 and 28 grams. Typical catalog values run like this:
worn: $500 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $1400
well preserved: $3200
All ancient coins stand on their own merits, so the values above are very, very approximate. The coin in our picture sold during 2012 for $1600 by Gemini Auctions. CoinQuest thanks Gemini for use of their coin photo.
Watch out for fakes. There are several known. On the other side, there is a genuine sestertius with Vespasian facing left, Victory facing right, and the kneeling Jewess facing left which is worth about 10 times the values above. Nice!
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Coin: 16268, Genre: Ancient, Timeline: Ancient
Created (yyyymm): 201400, Last review: 201511
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic brown Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 69, filter: 69 to 79
Image: ancient_rome_vespasian_victory_sestertius.jpg
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