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Denarius - Vespasian SECVRITAS P R, Securitas
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 69-71 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Vespasian facing right, rendered with characteristically realistic, mature portraiture typical of Flavian coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's distinctive broad facial features and closely cropped hair beneath a laurel wreath. The encircling Latin legend reads IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, distributed around the periphery of the flan. The portrait is modeled in high relief against a flat field, consistent with early Flavian die-cutting conventions. The flan is irregular in outline, as is characteristic of hammered silver coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Securitas (Safety/Security of the Roman People) is depicted seated to the left upon a high-backed throne or chair, draped in flowing robes, and holding a long sceptre in her right hand. The figure is rendered in a calm, static pose emblematic of Roman allegorical reverse types, conveying stability and the security brought by Vespasian's new Flavian dynasty following the tumultuous Year of the Four Emperors. The reverse legend SECVRITAS P R is placed in the field around the central type. The reverse flan shows considerable wear and die weakness consistent with this emission. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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