Quadrans - Vespasian VESP PON TR P

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) (69-79)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 74
Value 1 Quadrans = ¼ As = 1⁄64 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.72 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
250491
References RIC II.1# 1571,
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.1571,
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)
RPC Online II# 1990
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Head of Vespasian, laureate, left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP VESP AVG

Translation:
Imperator Vespasianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Vespasian, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Winged caduceus upright.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VESP PON TR P

Translation:
Vespasianus, Pontifex [Maximus], Tribunicia Potestate.
Vespasianus, [high] priest, holder of tribunician power.

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