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Denarius - Vespasian PON MAX TR P COS VII, Pax
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 76 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Vespasian facing right, rendered in the austere, realistic portrait style characteristic of Flavian imperial coinage. The emperor's effigy displays closely cropped hair with a wreath of laurel, and a slightly aged, naturalistic facial profile. The bare neck and truncation of the bust are typical of early Flavian denarii. The encircling Latin legend runs from lower left to upper right around the obverse field. |
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| Mintage | ND (76) |
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Vespasian's seventh consulship dated this issue to 76 AD, four years into a reign spent methodically rebuilding Roman finances gutted by the civil wars of 69. The Pax reverse was not idealism — it was policy messaging. Vespasian needed to legitimate Flavian rule against the memory of four emperors in a single year, and a sustained peace iconography across multiple issues was a deliberate part of that campaign.
RIC II.1 #852 falls within a densely documented Rome mint sequence. The second edition of RIC II revised several earlier attributions in this Vespasianic group significantly.