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AR16 - Vespasian PACI AVGVSTAE
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint (Ephesus) |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Weight | 3.16 g |
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| Reverse description | Winged Victory advancing right in dynamic stride, her robes in motion, raising a wreath in her extended right hand and carrying a palm frond over her left shoulder. The figure is rendered in the Hellenistic tradition befitting the eastern mint of Ephesus. The mint mark EPHE appears in the lower right field, while the legend PACI AVGVSTAE, referring to the Augustan Peace, encircles the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | PACI AVGVSTAE |
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Ephesus struck silver for Vespasian in 71 AD as part of the eastern mint's contribution to funding the aftermath of the Jewish War — a conflict that had strained imperial finances considerably and demanded coinage production well beyond Rome's capacity alone. The PACI AVGVSTAE reverse type was a deliberate political message: peace not as a general condition but as a personal achievement of the new Flavian dynasty, distinguishing Vespasian's rule from the civil chaos of 69 AD's four emperors.
RPC II 832 places this among a tightly defined group of Ephesian issues that ceased relatively quickly, making survivors rarer than equivalent Rome mint product.