Aureus - Vespasian VESTA
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) (69-79)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 73 |
| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 7.1 g |
| Diameter | 19.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 249430 |
| References | RIC II.1# 524 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.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII CEN
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus, Consul Quartum, Censor.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, consul for the fourth time, censor.
Reverse
Tetrastyle Temple.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VESTA
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
Mass varies: 7.02–7.33 g;
Diameter varies: 19–20 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Diameter varies: 19–20 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (73) | |||||||||||||||
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