Sestertius - Vespasian FORTVNAE REDVCI S C, Fortuna

Issued in 72–73 AD, this sestertius belongs to a concentrated run of Vespasianic bronzes struck at Rome during the early consolidation of Flavian power, following the civil wars of 69 AD that had left four emperors dead in under two years. The FORTVNAE REDVCI type — Fortune of the Return — carried direct political weight: it advertised Vespasian's safe return to Rome from the East, where he had been commanding the Judaean campaign before Nero's collapse forced the succession crisis.

RIC II.1 373 is a documented variety within the broader Flavian sestertius output, catalogued in the revised RIC volumes that substantially reorganized earlier attributions for this reign.