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As - Vespasian SECVRITAS AVGVSTI S C, Securitas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG COS IIII (Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Consul Quartum. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the fourth time.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vespasian struck this issue in 71 AD, the year following his formal recognition as emperor after the brutal civil war of 69 — the Year of the Four Emperors — which had seen Galba, Otho, and Vitellius all rise and fall in rapid succession. The SECVRITAS legend was a deliberate political message: Vespasian needed to project stability to a Roman populace that had watched three emperors die violently in under eighteen months. The Flavian dynasty was new, its legitimacy built on military force rather than Julio-Claudian blood.