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Sestertius - Vespasian PAX AVGVSTI S C, Pax
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Vespasian facing right, with drapery on the left shoulder, rendered in the robust, realistic portraiture characteristic of Flavian-era coinage. The emperor's effigy displays the characteristic strong facial features and receding hairline associated with Vespasian's official likeness. A laurel wreath crowns the head, symbolising imperial and military authority. The circumferential Latin legend runs clockwise around the bust within a beaded border. The overall die work reflects the confident engraving style of the Rome mint under the early Flavian dynasty. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vespasian struck this issue in 71 AD, the year following his formal acclamation as emperor after the brutal chaos of 69 — the Year of the Four Emperors — and the fall of Jerusalem to Titus. The PAX AVGVSTI legend was a deliberate political statement: peace restored not by luck but by Flavian authority, backed by military victory in Judaea and the suppression of Vitellius.
RIC II.1 #184 belongs to the early Flavian reorganization of the Roman mint at Rome, which had been badly disrupted under Galba, Otho, and Vitellius in rapid succession.