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Aureus with head of Vespasian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 73
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 6.89 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.778
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Vespasian, laureate, to right.
IMPCAES VESPAVGCEN (A's written without cross bars)
Reverse: Vesta, scepter in left hand, in the center, statue of goddess (?) with purse, on left and on right statue of goddess with patera (?) and scepter.
VES TA
IMPCAES VESPAVGCEN (A's written without cross bars)
Reverse: Vesta, scepter in left hand, in the center, statue of goddess (?) with purse, on left and on right statue of goddess with patera (?) and scepter.
VES TA
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (said to have been in the Vicomte de Sartiges Collection); gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, June 11, 1975, as Apparatus (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, March 10, 1976)