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Aureus - Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian CAE DVM ET TI CAES IMP VESPAS
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 72-73 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Vespasian facing right, rendered in high relief with naturalistic portraiture characteristic of Flavian coinage. The emperor's features are boldly modeled, conveying age and authority. The circular legend surrounds the bust, reading IMP VESPAS AVG P M TRI P P P COS IIII, distributed across the field from left to right. The coin's irregular flan and hammered technique are consistent with Roman aureus production of the early Flavian period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This aureus belongs to a small group issued early in Vespasian's reign that names all three members of the Flavian dynasty simultaneously — a deliberate dynastic statement at a moment when the new regime was still consolidating legitimacy after the chaos of 69 AD. The triple titulature was not routine; it signals a calculated effort to present the succession as settled and the family as a governing unit rather than a single man's hold on power.
RIC II.1 1548 is among the scarcer Flavian aurei, with relatively few confirmed specimens across major collections.