Sestertius - Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian CAES AVG F DES IMP AVG F COS DES ITER S C

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 71
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 23.23 g
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC II.1#152, OCRE#ric.2_1(2).ves.152
Obverse description Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Pater Patriae, Consul Tertium. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, father of the nation, consul for the third time.)
Reverse description Titus and Domitian, standing left and right, both holding spears; Titus also holding parazonium and Domitian holding roll.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering CAES AVG F DES IMP AVG F COS DES ITER S C
(Translation: Caesar Augusti Filius, Designatus, Imperator Augusti Filius, Consul Designatus Iterum, Senatus Consultum. Caesar, son of the emperor (Augustus), [consul] elect. Supreme commander (Imperator), son of the emperor (Augustus), consul elect for the second time. Decree of the senate.)
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Mintage ND (71) - -
Numisquare ID 6839324460
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