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.
AV-Aureus, 73, Rome; 7,26 g. IMP CAES VESP – AVG CENS laureate bust of Vespasian to r.; PAX – AVG; Pax Augusta (the personification of the Imperial Peace) standing l., leaning with her l. elbow on a column, holding a laurel twig in her l. hand, with her outstretched r. hand stretching a caduceus over a low tripod on which an object very similar to a big moneybag is placed. BN 96 no. 82 f.; Calicò no. 660; RIC² 543.
Insignificant scratches, good very fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 328.
This coin's message is obvious: The imperial peace (Pax), achieved by the victory (laurel branch) of the Flavian emperors over the rebellious Jews earned the Romans a revival of trade (caduceus) in the Levant and of universal prosperity (purse).
AV-Aureus, 73, Rome; 7,26 g. IMP CAES VESP – AVG CENS laureate bust of Vespasian to r.; PAX – AVG; Pax Augusta (the personification of the Imperial Peace) standing l., leaning with her l. elbow on a column, holding a laurel twig in her l. hand, with her outstretched r. hand stretching a caduceus over a low tripod on which an object very similar to a big moneybag is placed. BN 96 no. 82 f.; Calicò no. 660; RIC² 543.
Insignificant scratches, good very fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 328.
This coin's message is obvious: The imperial peace (Pax), achieved by the victory (laurel branch) of the Flavian emperors over the rebellious Jews earned the Romans a revival of trade (caduceus) in the Levant and of universal prosperity (purse).