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Sestertius - Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian CAESAR AVG F DES IMP AVG F COS DES II S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III (Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximum, 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.) |
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| Reverse lettering | CAESAR AVG F DES IMP AVG F COS DES II S C (Translation: Caesar Augusti Filius, Designatus, Imperator Augusti Filius, Consul Designatus Secundum, 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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Issued in 71 AD, this sestertius belongs to a brief and deliberate propaganda campaign in which Vespasian publicly elevated both sons as his designated successors — an arrangement with no real republican precedent. Titus had just returned from the siege of Jerusalem, and the dynasty's legitimacy rested heavily on that military success. Naming Domitian cos. des. II alongside Titus signaled dynastic continuity to a Roman public that had endured four emperors in a single year.
RIC II.1 #66 is a joint-legend type, relatively uncommon among Flavian bronze.