RB70498. Orichalcum dupondius, RIC II-1 p. 223, T398; BMCRE II p. 279, T257; BnF III p. 233, T271; Hunter I p. 276, 6; Cohen I 18; SRCV I 2617, VF, rough, porous, Rome mint, weight 8.237g, maximum diameter 27.2mm, die axis 225
o, 80 - 81 A.D.; obverse IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair style is formal and elaborate, piled high in the front and coiled in a chignon at the back of head; reverse Vesta seated left, veiled and draped, palladium in right hand, scepter in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field, VESTA in exergue;
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