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RIC 1426(5A)2 Vespasian
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AR Denarius, 3.19g
Ephesus mint, 71 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: LIBERI IMP AVG VESPAS; Heads of Titus, bare, r., and Domitian, bare, l., confronting; no mintmark
RIC 1426(5A)2 (R3). BMC -. RPC -. BNC -.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
A Vespasian dynastic denarius minted at Ephesus in 71. Normally this type should have a mint mark on the reverse between the busts of Titus and Domitian, oddly enough on this specimen it is absent. It is quite possible there was a series minted at Ephesus in 71 without mint marks, however the jury is still out. I also have an Ephesus Titus as Caesar from 71 with no mint mark (RIC 1426(5A)4) which lends credence to the no mint mark series.
A great coin in hand with a slightly small flan but a high relief bust.
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