RIC 1428 Vespasian

AR Denarius, 3.07g
Ephesus Mint, 71 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVG; Ceres std. l., on ornate high-backed chair, with corn ears and poppy and cornucopiae; in exergue, EPHE
RIC 1428 (C). BMC 453. RSC 67. RPC 830 (12 spec.). BNC 343.
Acquired from Rutten and Wieland, March 2008.

The Eastern denarii of Vespasian are one of my favorite issues. Even though style wise this coin is of average quality for Ephesus, it would be above average for Rome. A truly fine denarius with excellent detail in the chair.

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Noah

[Mar 20, 2008 at 01:33 PM]

Beautiful & serene reverse

Jochen

[Mar 20, 2008 at 08:13 PM]

Nice rev. details!

rexesq

[May 31, 2011 at 12:37 PM]

Very amazing details on the reverse, truly a piece of 1900 year old art.

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