Sestertius - Vespasian SALVS AVGVSTI S C, Salus

€249,003.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year71
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionBronze
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Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
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In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC II.1#112, OCRE#ric.2_1(2).ves.112
Obverse descriptionHead of Vespasian, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximum, Tribunicia Potestate, Pater Patriae, Consul Tertium. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, father of the nation, consul for the third time.)
Reverse descriptionSalus, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringSALVS AVGVSTI S C
(Translation: Salus Augusti. Senatus Consultum. Health of the emperor. Decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (71)  - -
Catalog ID3737025190
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