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RIC 0727 Vespasian Variant
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Æ As, 9.73g
Rome mint, 74 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG COS V CENS; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.
Rev: PAX AVGVST; S C in field; Pax stg. l., leaning on column, with caduceus and branch
RIC 727 var. (obv. head r.). BMC -. BNC 719 var. (same).
Acquired from eBay, November 2019. Ex Incitatus Coins.
An unpublished As struck for Vespasian in 74. The obverse legend IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V CENS is a rare variant of the much more common obv legend which reads CAESAR for this issue. It is unrecorded with a left facing portrait paired with the PAX AVGVST reverse. Unlisted in the RIC II.1 Addenda.
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