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Sestertius - Vespasian VICTORIA AVGVSTI S C, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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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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| Mintage | ND (71) |
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Struck in 71 AD, the year immediately following the fall of Jerusalem, this issue belongs to a massive Flavian propaganda campaign celebrating the Jewish War. Vespasian needed the victory badly — his claim to the throne rested almost entirely on military success, not hereditary right. The IVDAEA CAPTA and VICTORIA types flooded Roman markets simultaneously, a coordinated output from multiple workshops intended to cement the new dynasty's legitimacy before the Senate and populace alike.
RIC II.1 #224 is a Rome mint product from the first full year of consolidated Flavian rule.