Vespasian. Sestertius; Vespasian; 69-79 AD, Rome, 71 AD, Sestertius, 26.08g. RIC-230 (C2); Paris-484, pl. XLIII (same dies); BM-529; C-188 corr. (4 Fr.). Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate r. Rx: FORTVNAE - REDVCI around, S C in exergue, Fortuna Redux standing l. holding rudder on globe and branch in r. hand, cornucopia in l. hand. "The branch which Fortuna holds, beside her own rudder and cornucopiae, is either the olive-branch of Pax or the laurel of the home-returning conqueror" (BMC, p. xlv).Excellent portrait. Very good surfaces. EF