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Aureus - Vespasian VESTA
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 73 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Vespasian facing right, rendered with characteristic Flavian realism, depicting the emperor's aged, fleshy features and short-cropped hair beneath a laurel wreath. The bust is bare-shouldered, truncated at the neck, and modeled in high relief with confident engraving. The encircling legend in Latin reads IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, distributed around the periphery of the flan, framed by a beaded border. The portrait conveys the pragmatic, unadorned authority typical of Flavian imperial coinage struck at Rome during Vespasian's censorship year of AD 73. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN (Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Censor. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), censor.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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