Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG
Auction 334 17 Mar 2020
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The Aftermaths of the Great Revolt – The Romans' Victory Celebrations and the Humiliation of the Defeated (70-81 CE). Vespasian, 69-79.
Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 26,12 g. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//PAX – AVG, S C in exergue; Pax standing r., holding an olive twig in her l. hand, setting fire to a pile of captured weapons with her r. hand, in front of her an altar on which a sacrificial fire is burning; the altar is decorated with garlands, in order to indicate that a festival is held; behind Pax a column surmounted by a statue of Minerva/Athena Promachos striding to rl.; a big shield and a lance – the weapons of Athena/Minerva – are leaning against the column. BN 146 no. 520; RIC² no. 95.
A very rare coin, cf. RIC²: R2. Nearly very fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 313.
ex Auctiones 11, Basel 1980, no. 428.
Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 26,12 g. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//PAX – AVG, S C in exergue; Pax standing r., holding an olive twig in her l. hand, setting fire to a pile of captured weapons with her r. hand, in front of her an altar on which a sacrificial fire is burning; the altar is decorated with garlands, in order to indicate that a festival is held; behind Pax a column surmounted by a statue of Minerva/Athena Promachos striding to rl.; a big shield and a lance – the weapons of Athena/Minerva – are leaning against the column. BN 146 no. 520; RIC² no. 95.
A very rare coin, cf. RIC²: R2. Nearly very fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 313.
ex Auctiones 11, Basel 1980, no. 428.