Description
Collection Number: WC 1720
Object Number:
Dates: 73 - 73
Denomination: Aureus
Dimensions: 21.25mm
Weight: 7.21g
Authority: Vespasian
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 --
OCRE: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.543