Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.48g. (6h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: [IMP] CAES VES - P AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: AVGVR / PON MAX above and below four sacrificial implements: ladle, whisk, pitcher, lituus. RIC 42 (R ). BM 48. Paris 35. Cohen 42. VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Helios, November 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection.
Rare variant with PON MAX in reverse legend, repeating the P M from obverse legend: only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard. In the later, much commoner variant of the same type, PON MAX was replaced by TRI POT.