Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Denarius - Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian LIBERI IMP AVG VESPAS
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 69-70 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Rome |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Issued in the chaotic opening months of the Flavian dynasty, this denarius belongs to a small group celebrating Vespasian's sons collectively as the emperor's heirs — a deliberate dynastic statement at a moment when the legitimacy of Flavian rule still needed asserting. Vespasian had won the civil war of 69 AD, the Year of the Four Emperors, but consolidating that victory required projecting stability and succession. The joint presentation of Titus and Domitian on coinage served that political purpose directly.
RIC II.1 1404 is among the rarer emissions of the early Flavian period, struck before the mint operations fully stabilized under the new regime.