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Vespasian-RIC-1058
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AR denarius
Rome mint, 79 AD
RIC 1058(C), BMCRE 251, RSC 554
Obv.- IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.
Rev.- TR POT X COS VIIII; Capricorn l. : below, globe
EF+
Another of Vespasian's recoinages. This time a reverse of Augustus is copied.
A coin in a remarkable state of preservation. The globe under the capricorn is normally cross-hatched. I've never come across another one with curving latitudinal lines.
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