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Government officials, imperial contractors and local magistrates regularly requisitioned vehicles, animals and provisions from private citizens for government transport. Abuses were common. Municipal governments were expected to pay the costs but citizens were rarely fully compensated. On this coin, Nerva advertises reform, promising the imperial government will pay all the costs of imperial transport.RB54879. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC II 93, Cohen II 143, BMCRE III 119, BnF III 108, SRCV II 3055, F, rough, weight 22.554 g, maximum diameter 34.0 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, Jan - Sep 97 A.D.; obverse IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right; reverse VEHICVLATIONE ITALIAE REMISSA (Italy exempted from the vehicularium tax), two mules grazing in opposite directions, the nearer facing left, high-wheeled cart behind the mules with its pole-and-harnesses trapping resting upright, S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; exceptional examples of this type have sold for $46,000, $32,000 and $20,000!; rare; SOLD