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Coin Type: Fourée silver and base metal denarius of Vespasian, 69-79 CE Mint and Date: Unofficial mint, after 77-78 CE. Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 2.85g Obverse: (IMP CAES)AR VESPASIANVS AVG Laureate head right. Reverse: COS VIII Mars, helmeted, nude but for a chlamys draped behind his hips, standing half left, head left, holding a spear in his right hand transversely behind his body, and a trophy in his crooked left arm. An enlarged corn ear to the right. Provenance: fisherswinger1 (eBay), November 2006 Ref: RCV (2000) —; RIC II 104, II (2007) 939, rated R; BMCRE 203. BW Ref: 019 035 117 |
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Note: This coin was found in the UK, in Bolsover, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire. |
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