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A silver denarius of the Roman emperor Vespasian with a reverse showing Pegasus. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Vespasian, 69-79 CE
Mint and Date: Uncertain mint in Asia Minor (Ephesus?), 76 CE.
Size and Weight: 19mm, 2.78g.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG anticlockwise.
Laureate head right.
Mintmark: Annulet (a small 'o') below the forepart of the neck truncation.
Reverse: COS VII
Pegasus standing right, left foreleg extended as if to strike the ground.
Provenance: agora-wien (eBay), January 2013.
Ref: RCV (2000) —; RIC II (2007) 1473.
BW Ref: 028 045 169
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