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Sestertius - Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian T IMP CAESAR COS DES II CAESAR DOMIT COS DES II S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.1#1133, OCRE#ric.2_1(2).ves.1133 |
| Obverse description | Laureate head of Vespasian facing right, with a small globe positioned at the base of the neck truncation, a distinctive iconographic detail associating the emperor with universal dominion. The portrait is rendered in the realistic Flavian style, conveying authority and gravitas. A circular Latin legend runs along the periphery of the flan. The overall composition is characteristic of Flavian sestertius coinage struck at Rome in AD 71. |
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| 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.) |
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Issued in 71 AD, this sestertius belongs to a remarkable dynastic grouping struck to advertise Vespasian's newly consolidated Flavian house following the civil wars of 69. With Titus already proven in the field — the siege of Jerusalem was underway — and Domitian positioned as heir-in-waiting, Vespasian used the coinage aggressively to project succession stability. The three-figure dynastic type was a deliberate political calculation, not a standard production.
RIC II.1 1133 is among the scarcer types of the 71 emissions, the dynastic sestertii having been struck in more limited runs than the single-portrait issues from the same year.