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.
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.