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a silver denarius of the Roman emperor Vespasian from Ephesus, with a reverse showing Ceres. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Vespasian, 69-79 CE
Mint and Date: Ephesus, 74 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 3.29g
Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR P P P
Laureate head right.
Reverse: CONCORDIA AVG
Ceres seated left on ornate high-backed chair, two corn ears and one poppy head held out in right hand in front, cornucopia in left arm behind.
Exergue: *
Provenance: sarah_t62 (eBay), November 2006
Ref: RCV (2000) 2269 var; RIC II 336, II (2007) 1456 (rated R).
BW Ref: 012 034 093
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