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SILVER DENARIUS OF VESPASIAN (69-79 CE)

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    • Silver Denarius of Vespasian, owned by the course tutor.

      OBVERSE ('Heads'): Portrait of Vespasian. IMP. CAESAR VESPASIANUS AUGustus. © S.P. Kershaw

    • Silver Denarius of Vespasian, owned by the course tutor.

      REVERSE ('Tails'): Pax, personifying Peace, seated left, holding olive branch in her right hand, caduceus (staff of office of Mercury, Messenger of the gods) in her left. COS. ITER TR. POT. © S.P. Kershaw

Silver Denarius of Vespasian, owned by the course tutor.

OBVERSE ('Heads'): Portrait of Vespasian. IMP. CAESAR VESPASIANUS AUGustus.

REVERSE ('Tails'): Pax, personifying Peace, seated left, holding olive branch in her right hand, caduceus (staff of office of Mercury, Messenger of the gods) in her left. COS. ITER TR. POT.

Photo © S.P. Kershaw.

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Friday, May 25, 2012
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SILVER DENARIUS OF VESPASIAN (69-79 CE), © Steve Kershaw, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.