Maybe this one should be posted as a reminder to correct / update the listing:
Vespasian,
Rome mint,
Æ
Dupondius (26-27 mm / 14.12 g), 71 AD.,
Obv.:
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG
COS III ,
radiate head of
Vespasian right.
Rev.:
PAXS - A[V]GVSTI /
S - C ,
Pax standing l., holding
cornucopiae in her left
arm, setting fire on pile of arms (a helmet, a
cuirass, a
shield) with a short torch in her right hand.
BM 590 pl. 23.4 ; RIC 475 note (misreading) .
Curtis Clay:
"This
dupondius of
Vespasian is not unlisted, just misdescribed.
BM 590 pl. 23.4 has a
dupondius from the same
rev. die, but with the
legend weak at the top, resulting in the Anyway, as far as I can see this
type only
comes from a single
rev. die, and this is a very nice specimen, with an excellent
portrait!misreading
PAX rather than the correct archaic
PAXS.
That coin came from a 1924
auction, and may be the identical spec. that was sold without photo in Sotheby's Bizot Sale of 1902, lot 93. The
catalogue text also gives
PAX not
PAXS, and the coin was cited with this presumed misreading by RIC 475 note.
Another spec. from the same
rev. die, again with
legend not well struck and
PAX misread for
PAXS, was in
Lanz Graz 4, 1974, lot 136.
In my own
collection I have a
dupondius from the same dies both sides, but only F/ VG and again the S of
PAXS not really legible. My ticket says
PAXS, however, proving that I knew of this correction earlier, though I can't recall from what source!
Anyway, as far as I can see this
type only
comes from a single
rev. die."