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Dupondius - Vespasian PAX AVGVSTA S C, Pax
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 72-73 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (72-73) |
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Vespasian struck this issue during the consolidation following the Year of the Four Emperors and the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem — the Pax Augusta reverse was a deliberate political message, not a decorative choice. The civil war of 69 AD had left the Roman treasury gutted and the mint system in disarray; Vespasian's early bronze coinage was partly an exercise in restoring public confidence in the currency itself.
The S C authorization mark on bronze and orichalcum issues had, by this point, become largely ceremonial — Senate control over base metal coinage was nominal under Flavian rule.