Denarius - Vespasian AVG

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) (69-79)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 74
Value 1 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.73 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
250373
References RIC II.1# 1455,
Ian Carradice, Theodore Vern Buttrey; 2007. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2.1. Vespasian – Domitian (AD 69–96). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
OCRE# ric.2_1(2).ves.1455,
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)
RPC Online II# 851
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR P P P

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Consul Quintum, Tribunicia Potestate, Pater Patriae.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the fifth time, holder of tribunician power, father of the nation.

Reverse

Legend in oak-wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVG

Translation:
Augustus.
Emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Ephesus, Ionia, modern-day Selçuk, Turkey

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