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Aureus - Vespasian ROMA, Roma
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 70 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.1#1533, OCRE#ric.2_1(2).ves.1533 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ROMA (Translation: Rome.) |
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Struck in 70 AD, the year Vespasian's forces under Titus sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple — an event that generated enormous quantities of war loot flowing directly into Rome's treasury. The IVDAEA CAPTA series funded much of the Flavian building program, and aurei of this precise moment carry the financial fingerprint of that conquest. Vespasian himself was still in Egypt when some of the earliest Flavian gold was struck, having used Alexandria's resources to stabilize his claim before the Senate formally ratified his accession.