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As - Vespasian VICTORIA AVGVST S C, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 73 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The winged goddess Victoria, draped, stands to the right atop a ship's prow (rostrum), symbolising naval triumph. In her raised right hand she holds a wreath extended forward, while her left hand bears a palm frond resting over her left shoulder. The reverse legend VICTORIA AVGVST is disposed around the field, with the senatorial authority mark S C flanking the central type in the lower field. |
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Vespasian's VICTORIA AVGVST coinage of 73 AD was produced in the immediate aftermath of the Jewish War, a conflict he had prosecuted before being proclaimed emperor by his own legions in 69. The victory messaging on bronze issues of this period was deliberate political work — Vespasian's claim to power rested heavily on military credibility, and the Senate had granted him a triumph in 71 alongside Titus. RIC II.1 603 belongs to a well-documented Rome mint sequence, struck when the Flavian dynasty was still young enough to need the reminder.