Aureus - Vespasian PACI AVGVSTI, Pax and Nemesis

€1.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year72
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionGold
Weight7.2 g
Dimensions18.5 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
OrientationVariable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC II.1#1180, OCRE#ric.2_1(2).ves.1180
Obverse descriptionHead of Vespasian, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P IIII P P COS IIII
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta, Pater Patriae, Consul Quartum. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the fourth time, father of the nation, consul for the fourth time.)
Reverse descriptionNemesis, winged, draped, advancing right, holding in left hand winged caduceus pointed downwards at snake gliding right before her right.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringPACI AVGVSTI
(Translation: Paci Augusti. Peace of the emperor (Augustus).)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (72)  - -
Catalog ID2415357960
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