Vespasian (69-79)
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Ref Vespasian, Titus & Domitian Aureus, RIC 15, (RIC [1962] 2), Cohen 4, BMC 1 ...
Vespasian, AR Denarius, 69-71, Rome
[IMP] CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate head right
COS ITER-FORT RED
Fortuna standing left, right hand on prow, cornucopiae in left
18mm x 19mm, 3.17g
RIC II, 4 variant ...
Vespasian (69-79 A.D.) was sent by Nero in 66 A.D. to crush the Jewish revolt. When he was made Emperor he left his son Titus to finish the task.
Over a million Jews died as a result. The rest were deported into slavery.
[BMC R 587] ...
Vespasian [b. 9] commanded a legion during the invasion of Britain in 43, was Consul in 51, then proconsul of Africa. In 67 he was assigned to suppress the Judaean revolt.
8.3. VESPASIANUS COUNTERMARKS
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"VESPAS", "IMPVES", "IMPVESAVC", "Capricorn" ...
Vespasian (AD 69-79)
18 mm. 6:00. 2.44 grams
good portrait in slighlty odd style/ reverse mostly gone
IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG
reverse largely gone. seated female left .... TR PONT ...
*GF99 Divus Vespasian (by Titus). 79-81. AR Denarius. Vespasian/ Victory adv l, putting shield on trophy, Jewish captive to left, ex-sc SR-2565, Hen-772a, VF $300.
Vespasian issued denarii from a series of branch mints (there are others not shown here) in the East. Some of these were in the names of his two sons who would later be emperors.
Vespasian 69 -79 CE
Obv: Laureate bust right; IMP CAESAR VESPASIANUS AUG
Rx: Pax seated left holding branch.
Sear 780 ...
Vespasian seated right holding branch and scepter
PONTIF - MAXIM
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Vespasian founded Deultum, settled with veterans of Legio VIII Augusta, on the west coast of Lake Mandren between Anchialus and Apollonia.
Vespasian, A. D. 69, withdrew the privileges which Nero had granted to the Greeks and reconstituted Achaea as a Senatorial province. Henceforth until the reign of Domitian (A. D. 81) no coins were struck at Corinth.
VESPASIAN, commemorative struck by Titus in AD 79, Silver denarius, RSC-144. Obverse: bust of Vespasian right with "DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS" around.
21. Vespasian, A.D. 69-79, brass sestertius.
22. Titus, A.D.79-81, copper as (under Vespasian).
23. Nerva, A.D. 96-98, brass dupondius.
BB518. Vespasian, AD 69-79, AE As. Head left/Blank. Centered, modest flan notch and closed crack as made, decent clear portrait and partial name, reverse worn smooth, Good-Very Good/Poor SOLD ...
(Time of Vespasian)
Obv: ANTIOXEΩN
Veiled, turreted and draped bust of city-goddess right.
Rev: Garlanded altar.
ET ZKP in exergue.
(Year 126 = AD 77/78).
(RPC II 2020) ...
* Emperor Vespasian Sestertius (the basic Roman unit of money), 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D., often sold for $390
* Silver denarius (another basic Roman coin) created in honor of Centurion Annius, 82-81 B.
Légende : IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS IIII.
Traduction : "Imperator Cæsar Vespasianus Augustus Consul quartus", (L'empereur césar Vespasien auguste consul pour la quatrième fois).
The bust is surrounded by his titles, for example on some of the denarii issued by Vespasian (A.D. 69-79) the obverse legend reads imp. CAESAR.VESPAS.AVG.COS.III.TR.P.PP.
This shows the Flavius amphitheatre, which Emperor Vespasian began building around 75 AD and Emperor Titus inaugurated in 80 AD.
2 cent
This shows the Mole Antonelliana, a tower designed in 1863 by Alessandro Antonelli.
first row : c. 157 BC Roman Republic, c. AD 73 Vespasian, c. 161 Marcus Aurelius, c. 194 Septimius Severus;
second row: c. 199 Caracalla, c. 200 Julia Domna, c. 219 Elagabalus, c. 236 Maximinus Thrax ...
The next most popular coins are any of the twelve Caesars: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian. Later coins are less popular, easier to find, and comparatively less expensive.
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Celebrating the defeat of the Jews by Titus, acting as general for his father, the emperor Vespasian, these coins show a Jew and a Jewess mourning under a palm tree. In Fine, such a coin might bring over $500.
 See also: Coin, Caesar, Augustus, Struck, Domitian
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