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RIC 1554 Vespasian
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AR Denarius, 3.48g
Antioch mint, 72-73 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTI; Concordia, draped, seated, l., holding patera extended in r. hand and cornucopiae in l.
RIC 1554 (R2). BMC 505. RSC 74. RPC 1927 (6 spec.). BNC -.
Acquired from Civitas Galleries, November 2005.
An exceedingly rare Antiochene Concordia denarius copying a common reverse design from Rome.
I love the denarii from the Antioch mint. Normally the flans are quite small, but this one is large enough to show some of the beaded boarder.
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