RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 389
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 389. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Vespasian. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Vespasian
Design
- Obverse
- Head of Vespasian, laureate, right
- Reverse
- Victory, bare to hips, standing right, right foot on helmet, inscribing VIC AVG in two lines on round shield attached on palm-tree
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS IIII
- Reverse legend
- VICTORIA AVGVSTI S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.2_1(2).ves.389
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