Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
As - Vespasian S C, Spes
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 73 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS IIII CENS (Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quartum, Censor. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fourth time, censor.) |
| Reverse description | The personification of Spes (Hope) stands facing left in full figure, rendered in flowing robes with graceful drapery. She extends her right hand forward, raising the hem of her garment with her left hand in the canonical pose associated with this goddess of hope. The large senatorial authority marks S and C flank the figure on either side in the mid-field, a standard authorisation formula for Roman bronze coinage. The composition is open and uncluttered, with the divine personification centrally placed against a plain field typical of Flavian-era aes coinage. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (73) |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |