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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Vespasian| > RS82696
Vespasian, 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D.
|Vespasian|, |Vespasian,| |1| |July| |69| |-| |24| |June| |79| |A.D.|, Annona was worshiped in Rome for providing the annual supply of grain. She was represented on an altar in the capital. The three principal granaries of Rome were Sicily, Egypt, and the African provinces. Annona civilis was the grain purchased each year by the state, imported, put into storage reserve, and then distributed for the subsistence of the people. Annona militaris was grain appropriated to the use of an army during a campaign.
RS82696. Silver denarius, RIC II-1 966 (R); RSC II 30; BMCRE III 298; BnF III 260; SRCV I 2280, VF, excellent portrait, attractive toning, well centered, Rome mint, weight 3.266g, maximum diameter 19.0mm, die axis 180o, 77 - 78 A.D.; obverse CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG (counterclockwise from upper right), laureate head left; reverse ANNONA AVG, Annona seated left on throne with draped seat, feet on footstool, right foot drawn back, sack of grain in right hand; rare; SOLD




  







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