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Source Description
Obverse: Head of Vespasian, laureate, right; beaded border. Reverse: Pax standing left, draped, holding a cornucopia in the left hand, a branch in the outstretched right hand; beaded border. This sestertius was worth 1/100 of a gold aureus. It can be precisely dated to 71 CE because Vespasian (reigned 69-79 CE) held the consulship for a third time starting in January of that year and and held it for the fourth time in 72 CE.
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18531
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Sestertius of Vespasian
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18531
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title
Sestertius of Vespasian
description
Obverse: Head of Vespasian, laureate, right; beaded border. Reverse: Pax standing left, draped, holding a cornucopia in the left hand, a branch in the outstretched right hand; beaded border. This sestertius was worth 1/100 of a gold aureus. It can be precisely dated to 71 CE because Vespasian (reigned 69-79 CE) held the consulship for a third time starting in January of that year and and held it for the fourth time in 72 CE.
provenance
Harold Landon, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.
date
71 CE (Roman Imperial)
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CC0
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en
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coins
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
Max diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
inscriptions
[Inscription
Latin; obverse] IMP(erator) CAES(ar) VESPASIAN(us) AVG(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibuniciae) P(otestate) P(ater) P(atriae) CO(n)S(ul) III [Translation] Imperator
Caesar Vespasian Augustus
pontifex maximus
with tribunician power
father of his country
consul for the third time [Inscription
Latin; reverse] PAX AVGVSTI [Translation] The peace of Augustus
dynasty
Flavian Dynasty
reign
Vespasian (AD 69-79)
med
bronze; struck
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6191
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ROM
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3360
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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