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Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Sestertius, 26.30g. (6h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: LIBERTAS - PVBLICA S - C Libertas standing left holding cap and scepter. RIC 237 (R2). BM 548 note. Paris 505, pl. XLV (same obv. die). Cohen 255. About EF/About VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
A rare reverse type in this issue: C. Kraay in his unpublished Oxford dissertation found only a single reverse die of this type still in use in the final issue of 71, characterized by the abbreviation VESPAS in the obverse legend. Our coin now shows a second reverse die of the type, unknown to Kraay, that was also used in this issue. The type had been common in the two earlier issues of 71, with first VESPASIANVS, then VESPASIAN in the obverse legend.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
A rare reverse type in this issue: C. Kraay in his unpublished Oxford dissertation found only a single reverse die of this type still in use in the final issue of 71, characterized by the abbreviation VESPAS in the obverse legend. Our coin now shows a second reverse die of the type, unknown to Kraay, that was also used in this issue. The type had been common in the two earlier issues of 71, with first VESPASIANVS, then VESPASIAN in the obverse legend.