Sestertius - Vespasian PAX AVGVST S C, Pax

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.