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A silver denarius of the Roman emperor Vespasian with a reverse showing hands clasped around a caduceus Coin Type: Silver denarius of Vespasian, 69-79 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 73 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm, 3.11g
Obverse: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII CEN
Laureate head right.
Reverse: FIDES PVBL
Clasped hands holding winged caduceus, two poppy heads and two corn-ears.
Provenance: rolgm (eBay), November 2003
Ref: RCV (2000) 2291; RIC II 55, II (2007) 520.
BW Ref: 002 027 023
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