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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Vespasian| > RS86458
Vespasian, 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D.
|Vespasian|, |Vespasian,| |1| |July| |69| |-| |24| |June| |79| |A.D.|, Vesta was originally a household spirit. Later she was personified as the goddess of the hearth and given the stature of her Greek equivalent, Hestia. In the temple of Vesta, her sacred flame was kept alive by Vestal Virgins. In 394, by order of the Christian emperor Theodosius I in his campaign to eliminate pagan practices in Rome, the fire of Vesta was extinguished.
RS86458. Silver denarius, RIC II-1 46; RSC II 561; BMCRE II 57; BnF III 39; SRCV I 2312, VF, superb portrait, nice light toning, well centered on a tight flan, light marks and scratches, minor flan flaws on reverse, edge crack, Rome mint, weight 3.469g, maximum diameter 19.1mm, die axis 180o, 70 - 71 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES VESP AVG P M, laureate head right; reverse Vesta seated left and draped seat without back, veiled and draped, simpulum in right hand, left hand at side, TRI - POT flanking across field; from the Lucas Harsh Collection, ex CNG auction 360 (30 Sep 2015), lot 405; SOLD











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