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AR16 - Vespasian CONCORDIA AVG
| Uitgever | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Jaar | 69-79 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Laureate head of Emperor Vespasian facing right, rendered in the robust, realistic portrait style characteristic of Flavian imperial coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's distinctive features with a laurel wreath encircling the head. The surrounding field carries the imperial titulature legend IMP CAES VESPAS AVG distributed around the periphery of the flan. The strike is somewhat weak in areas, consistent with provincial hammered production at the Ephesus mint. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
RPC II 862 is a provincial issue, not a Rome mint denarius — a distinction that matters. Struck in the eastern empire during Vespasian's reign, it belongs to a group of silver coins produced to serve local administrative and military needs rather than the broad imperial economy. The CONCORDIA AVG reverse type carried pointed political weight for the Flavians: Vespasian rose from a year of civil war that had destroyed three emperors, and his mint output consistently emphasized harmony and dynastic legitimacy precisely because both remained genuinely fragile in the early 70s AD.