RB73003. Copper as, RIC II-2 Vespasian 1290; BMCRE II Vespasian 873; BnF III Vespasian 885; Hunter I V32; Cohen I 454; SRCV I 2659, VF, superb portrait, nice style, attractive bare toned copper surfaces with light corrosion, small edge split and crack, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 11.532g, maximum diameter 29.1mm, die axis 180
o, as caesar, 77 - 78 A.D.; obverse CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS V, laureate head right, globe at point of neck; reverse Spes walking left, raising flower in extended right hand, raising fold of robe with left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field;
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