Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Sestertius, 23.23g (5h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: CAES AVG F - DES IM - P AVG - F COS around, DES ITER and S C in exergue, Titus and Domitian in military dress standing side by side, looking at each other, each holding spear and parazonium. RIC 152 (R2), pl. 21 = Paris 475, pl. XLIII (same rev. die). BMC 528 note. Cohen 48 (20 Fr.). Kraay 289 (A81/P116, 1 spec.). Kraay knew only this one reverse die bearing this exact abbreviation of the titles of the two Caesars, combined with S C in exergue. Light smoothing in reverse field. VF
Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Triton XIII, 6 January 2010, lot 1440
An interesting and scarce reverse type of spring 71, naming Titus "designated imperator" and Domitian "designated consul for the second time"