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Dupondius - Vespasian CERES AVG S C, Ceres
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (71) |
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Vespasian's first full year of rule saw a deliberate flood of bronze coinage emphasizing agricultural abundance — a pointed message after the civil wars of 69 AD had disrupted grain supply chains across Italy and the provinces. The invocation of Ceres on state coinage was political reassurance as much as religious observance. Rome had seen four emperors in twelve months; stability meant, first and practically, that people could eat.
RIC II.1 259 is an eastern mint attribution under the revised Carradice-Buttrey framework, distinguishing it from superficially similar Rome-struck issues of the same year.