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As - Vespasian SALVS AVGVSTI S C, Salus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Vespasian facing right, rendered in robust and naturalistic style characteristic of Flavian portraiture, with short curling hair beneath the laurel wreath and a strong, fleshy profile. The bust is bare-shouldered. The encircling legend runs clockwise around the periphery of the flan, partially visible due to the irregular edge of the hammered flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III (Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Consul Tertium. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time.) |
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Vespasian's SALVS AVGVSTI coinage of 71 AD carries a specific political weight that goes beyond conventional appeals to imperial health. Vespasian had seized power the previous year after the catastrophic civil wars of 69 — the Year of the Four Emperors — and early aes issues from Rome were doing deliberate ideological work, anchoring the new Flavian dynasty in the language of stability and survival. The senate's cooperation was essential, which explains the prominent S C authorization on bronze issues of this period.
RIC II.1 #319 places this among the Rome mint's first full year of consolidated Flavian production.