First period, Flavian standard, 81-82 A.D.
160.
Silver denarius,
IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMIT AVG PONT, laureate head right
P P COS VII DES VIII, Wreath set on curule
chair.
This is just the third known specimen with the interesting obverse legend
which combines the "DIVI VESP F" variant and the "PONT"
variant. The "DIVI VESP F" coins are rather easy to obtain
from the bulk of the 81 AD coinage while the "PONT" coins are rare. A combination of the two only
seem to occur on just two obverse dies used to strike very few curule chairs
coins and the second for altar coins. Also the reverse legend is a scarce one,
lacking the "TR P" mention. The other two surviving coins
from these dies are: one in the Institut fur Antike Numismatik in Vienna
and one from the Leo Benz collection, sold in 1999 as
Lanz 94 lot 377.