Aureus - Vespasian PAX AVGVSTI; Tyche
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) (69-79)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 72-73 |
| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 7.5 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 250470 |
| References | RIC II.1# 1550 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
Bust of Vespasian, laureate, drapery on left shoulder, left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP VESPAS AVG P M TRI P P P COS IIII
Translation:
Imperator Vespasianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Pater Patriae, Consul Quartum.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, father of the nation, consul for the fourth time.
Reverse
Vespasian standing left, holding spear and gesturing Tyche to raise, kneeling right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: PAX AVGVSTI
Translation:
Pax Augusti.
Peace provided by the Emperor.
Mint
Antiocheia ad Pisidia, Pisidia, TurkeyComments
Mass varies: 7.38–7.66 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (72-73) | |||||||||||||||
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