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As - Vespasian CONCORDIA AVGVSTI S C, Concordia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Weight | 18.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Concordia, draped, enthroned and seated left upon a high-backed chair, extending her right hand forward to pour a libation from a patera over a small altar at left, while cradling a cornucopiae in her left arm. The personification embodies imperial harmony and concord. The legend CONCORDIA AVGVSTI runs in the field, with the large senatorial authorisation mark S C (Senatus Consultum) flanking the central device in the lower field. |
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Vespasian struck heavily in the CONCORDIA AVGVSTI type during 71 AD to reinforce the legitimacy of the new Flavian dynasty following the brutal civil war of 69 — the Year of the Four Emperors. Concordia here was not a platitude but a pointed political statement: three rival emperors had died within twelve months, and Vespasian needed the Senate, the legions, and the public to believe the worst was genuinely over. The SC attribution places production under senatorial authority, consistent with the reorganization of mint operations Vespasian undertook after taking Rome.