VESPASIAN GOLD AUREUS – TEMPLE OF VESTA TYPE – CHOICE VF FINE STYLE NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (INV. 20089)

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20089. ROMAN EMPIRE. VESPASIAN, AD 69–79.
Gold Aureus, 7.12 g, 20 mm. Issue of Rome, AD 73.
Obv. IMP CAESAR VESP AVG CENS, laureate head of Vespasian right. Rev. VESTA, round temple of Vesta with cult statue within, other statues flanking the structure.
RIC II.1, 549 (R); Calicó 691.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, FINE STYLE, a beautifully centered coin struck from artistic dies, gently circulated, a rare type with an exceptional architectural rendering of a structure that is still partially preserved today in the Roman Forum.