RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 78

Typological Description

  • Date: AD 71
  • Object Type: Coin
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Denomination: Sestertius
  • Material: Bronze

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III
    • Type: Bust of Vespasian, laureate, right with aegis
    • Portrait: Vespasian

    • Reverse

      • Legend: HONOS ET VIRTVS S C
      • Type: Honos standing right, holding sceptre and cornucopiae; Virtus standing left, holding spear and parazonium
      • Deity: Honos
      • Deity: Virtus

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