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RIC 0514 Vespasian
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AR Denarius, 3.32g
Rome mint, 73 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: S P Q R in oak wreath
RIC 514 (C). BMC 101. RSC 516. BNC 88.
Acquired from Sergey Nechayev, September 2010.
The reverse depicts an oak wreath that was bestowed upon Vespasian by the 'senate and the people of Rome'. The occasion for such an offering is not known, although the BMCRE speculates (p. xxxvi) it could have been the 'Vota quinquennalia' which was paid the same year.
Good metal with an above average portrait.
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