Description
Collection Number:
WC 1720
Object Number:
Dates:
73 - 73
Denomination:
Aureus
Dimensions:
21.25mm
Weight:
7.21g
Authority:
Vespasian
Mint:
Roma
Rome
Languages:
Latin
Obverse Type: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS; Head, laureate, right
OCRE: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS; Head of Vespasian, laureate, right
Obverse Legend:
IMP CAES VESP - AVG CENS
Obverse Inscription Languages:
Latin
Obverse Mintmarks: N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment:
Legend starts @ 5 o'clock, anticlockwise
Reverse Type: PAX AVG; Pax standing left, leaning on column, with caduceus over tripod and branch
OCRE: PAX AVG; Pax, draped, standing left, extending winged caduceus in right hand over follis(purse) lying on tripod left, holding branch in left hand, resting left arm on a garlanded column
Reverse Legend:
PAX - AVG
Reverse Inscription Languages:
Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Reverse Inscription Comments:
Legend starts @ 9 o'clock
Bibliography
RIC II.1 p. 98 n. 543, Plate 4
Wulfing III p. 29 n. 395, Plate XVI
BMC II p. 19 n. 96, Plate --