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RIC 1093 Vespasian
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Æ As, 10.66g
Rome mint, 79 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN COS VIIII; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.
Rev: S C in field; Spes stg. l., with flower
RIC 1093 (R). BMC -. BNC -.
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, April 2022.
Vespasian's last bronze issue at Rome is dated COS VIIII and was struck sometime between 1 January and 24 June 79. Bronzes from this issue were sparingly struck and are extremely rare today, possibly because they were coined in the weeks just prior to Vespasian's death on 24 June. This As from that last issue is missing from both the BM and Paris collections and is a double die match with the RIC plate coin from Oxford.
Struck in fine style featuring the classic 'straining portrait'.
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