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A silver denarius of the Roman emperor Vespasian with a reverse showing a star over the prow of a galley. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Vespasian, 69-79 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 77-78 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 20mm, 3.14g
Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate head left.
Reverse: COS VIII
Prow of galley right, large eight-pointed star above.
Provenance: domitian11 (eBay), July 2009
Ref: RCV (2000) 2290; RIC II 108, II (2007) 942.
BW Ref: 025 042 143
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