IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / COS ITER TR POT, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and sceptre. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / COS ITER FORT RED, Fortuna standing left, resting hand on galley prow and holding cornucopia. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / COS ITER, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and sceptre. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate bust of Vespasian right / CAESAR AVG F COS CAESAR AVG F PR, heads of Titus and Domitian facing each other. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / CAESAR AVG F COS CAESAR AVG F PR, heads of Titus and Domitian facing one another.
IMP CAESAR AVG VIISSPASIAN, bare head right / S-C, large altar, PROVID in ex. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / TITVS ET DOMITIANVS PRIN IV, Titus and Domitian on rearing horseback right, side by side, hands raising in salute.
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / IVDAEA beneath Judaea seated right in attitude of mourning palm tree to left. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / IVDAEA beneath captive Jewess sitting right on ground, hands tied before her, trophy of captured arms behind. Vespasian, AR denarius, gilded to look like an aureus. 403 "Select Documents of the Principates of the Flavian Emperors, Part 6896" by McCrum and Woodhead, p. 75 note cites Dissard 7 in Revue belge de Num. Not in RIC II, Cohen or British Museum, but BMCRE II, p. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / IVSTITIA AVG, Justitia seated right, holding corn-ears and sceptre. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head right, drapery fold on left shoulder, countermark: palm branch in right field / Hunter, wearing short tunic, standing right, pointing a spear held with both hands, at a wild boar left before him small hunting hound leaping up at the boar tree in the background.
Some older txt files and Sear pages may still show 1962 reference numbers. Note: RIC numbers on this page refer to RIC Vol 2.1, 2007 Edition. Lifetime Imperial Issues of Vespasian, AD 69-79. Browse the Vespasian page with thumbnail images. He is most well-known for suppressing the Jewish revolt, for expanding the Empire’s northern frontier to Scotland, and for hating philosophers.Vespasian, Roman Imperial Coins of, at īrowsing Roman Imperial Coins of Vespasian Vespasian’s decade-long reign was recounted positively by most ancient writers, though it’s possible his generous patronage of writers and academics helped gild his reputation. Galba was murdered by the supporters of Otho (a rich noble who paid off the Praetorian Guard to orchestrate a coup), who was defeated by Vitellius (governor of Germany), who was defeated by Vespasian (commander in Judaea). His suicide shortly thereafter was followed by another period of civil war, with four different men vying for the Empire. Nero had been forced to flee the capital after the Praetorian Guard threw their support to the usurper Galba (governor of Spain). In 68 AD, the Julio-Claudian imperial dynasty founded by Emperor Augustus collapsed after the suicide of Emperor Nero.
Steel-grey toning. 17mm diameter, 3.4g weight, silver. 78 A.D. Roman Empire Silver Denarius, Emperor Vespasian (r.