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AR17 - Vespasian PACI ORB TERR AVG
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 69-79 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC II 295; RIC II 1388 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | PACI ORB TERR AVG |
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Vespasian's "PACI ORBIS TERRARVM AVG" coinage was a deliberate ideological statement following the chaos of 69 AD, the Year of the Four Emperors, when Galba, Otho, and Vitellius had each in turn claimed the purple before Vespasian's Danubian and eastern legions finally settled the matter. The Pax messaging was not incidental — it was the founding justification of Flavian rule, distinguishing Vespasian from the civil war warlords who preceded him.
RIC II 1388 places this among the eastern mint issues, likely Antioch, rather than Rome.