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Sestertius - Vespasian PAX AVGVST S C, Pax
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 76 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | PAX AVGVST S C (Translation: Pax Augusta. Senatus Consultum. Peace, the venerable. Decree of the senate.) |
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Vespasian struck heavily on the Pax reverse type throughout his reign, using it as deliberate ideological currency after the catastrophic civil war of 69 AD — the Year of the Four Emperors — had left the empire's legitimacy fractured. Peace was not merely a sentiment; it was the founding argument of the Flavian dynasty. By 76, the Judaean campaign was concluded, the Rhine and Danube frontiers were stable, and Vespasian was in the final years of a reign that had, against considerable odds, held.
RIC II.1 883 is a Rome mint issue, part of a well-documented series with relatively consistent die work for the period.