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Sestertius - Vespasian S C, Spes
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 74 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS V CENS (Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Pater Patriae, Consul Quintum, Censor. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, father of the nation, consul for the fifth time.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vespasian struck heavily in bronze during the early 70s AD as part of a deliberate effort to restore confidence in Roman coinage following the civil wars of 69 AD — the Year of the Four Emperors had left the mint system fractured and output erratic. Spes, the personification of hope, carried pointed political weight for a dynasty with no hereditary claim to power, only the legions and a demonstrated ability to end chaos.
RIC II.1 713 is a Rome mint issue from the middle years of Vespasian's reign, before the Flavian coinage fully standardized its types.