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As - Vespasian AEQVITAS AVGVSTI S C, Aequitas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Value | 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarii |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Aequitas (Equity) depicted standing left, fully draped in a flowing garment. She holds a pair of scales in her extended right hand and a long vertical rod (or sceptre) in her left hand. The senatorial authorisation mark S C (Senatus Consultum) appears prominently in the field, flanking the figure, with the reverse legend inscribed around the periphery. |
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Vespasian's reign opened with a fiscal crisis inherited from Nero's extravagance and four emperors' worth of civil war spending in a single year. The AEQVITAS AVGVSTI reverse type was a deliberate message: Vespasian was positioning himself as the restorer of equitable, honest government — a sharp contrast to the financial chaos of 68–69. The mint at Rome was working through a substantial bronze backlog in 71, with sestertii and asses produced in high volume to re-monetize a circulation pool badly disrupted by the Year of the Four Emperors.