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Aureus - Vespasian VICTORIA AVGVST; Victory

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) (69-79)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 71
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 7.1 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
250044
References RIC II.1# 1128
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.1128
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximum, Tribunicia Potestate.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power.

Reverse

Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VICTORIA AVGVST

Translation:
Victoria Augusti.
Victory of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

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