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Æ - Vespasian PON MAX TR P P P COS VIII CENS S C, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 77-78 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Victory personified advancing left in dynamic stride, her robes billowing behind her. She holds a laurel wreath extended in her right hand and carries a long palm branch over her left shoulder, both attributes emblematic of military triumph. The large S C (Senatus Consultum) mark of senatorial authority appears in the field to either side of the figure, and the legend encircles the design in Latin capitals. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vespasian's eighth consulship fell in 77 AD, the same year his son Titus was overseeing the final suppression of Jewish resistance at Masada. The CENS title marks Vespasian's exercise of censorial powers, which he and Titus held jointly from 73 AD — the first time the censorship had been revived in over a century, used deliberately to reconstitute the depleted Senate rolls after the civil wars of 69.
RIC II.1 1505 is a provincial bronze, catalogued under RPC II 1476, placing its mint in the eastern provinces rather than Rome. The censorship lapsed permanently at Vespasian's death in 79.