Sestertius - Vespasian FORTVNAE REDVCI S C; Fortuna

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) (69-79)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	71
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	27.4 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 248961
References	RIC II.1# 75 Ian Carradice, Theodore Vern Buttrey, Jr.; 2007. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2.1. Vespasian – Domitian (AD 69–96) (Second revised edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2_1(2).ves.75 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Vespasian, laureate and draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximum, Tribunicia Potestate, Pater Patriae, Consul Tertium.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, father of the nation, consul for the third time.

Reverse

Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding branch and rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FORTVNAE REDVCI S C

Translation:
Fortunae Reduci. Senatus Consultum.
Returning fortune. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (71)

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