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Quinarius - Vespasian VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 73 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII CE (Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus, Consul Quartum, Censor. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, consul for the fourth time, censor.) |
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The quinarius had been effectively dormant for over a century before Vespasian revived it, and scholars still debate whether the resumption was driven by practical monetary need or dynastic signaling. Vespasian's 73 AD issues coincide with the consolidation of his rule following the civil wars of 69 — the Year of the Four Emperors — and the suppression of the Jewish revolt, both of which fed a deliberate propaganda campaign around victory imagery.
RIC II.1 #526 is a Rome mint issue. The quinarius denomination never regained meaningful circulation under the Flavians; surviving examples tend toward higher grades precisely because so few entered active use.