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Denarius - Vespasian CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CONCORDIA AVG (Translation: Venerable harmony.) |
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Vespasian struck heavily in his first years as emperor, partly to fund the reconstruction of Rome following the chaos of 69 AD — the Year of the Four Emperors — and partly to legitimize a dynasty with no hereditary claim to power. The CONCORDIA coinage was deliberate propaganda, projecting stability after civil war had made that word almost meaningless.
RIC II.1 1428 is a Judaea Capta-era issue, produced at Rome while the spoils from the sack of Jerusalem were still being hauled westward to fund the Flavian building program, including the Colosseum itself.