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{
    "localId": "18531",
    "label": "Sestertius of Vespasian",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.644"
}

{
    "id": "18531",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.644",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "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)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.644",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "coins"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_59.644_Obverse_DD_T15.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_59.644_Obverse_DD_T15.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_59.644_Obverse_DD_T15.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Max diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "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",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "NUM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3360"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_59.644_Reverse_DD_T15.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f674f2c1fd0f0bd9"
}