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Sestertius with bust of Vespasian

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 71
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 23.29 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number68.703
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Vespasian, laureate, right.
IMPCAESVESPASAVGPMTRPPPCOSIII (line above three I's)
Reverse: Pax stands, right, branch in left hand, torch in right setting fire to pile of arms. At left statue of Minerva (?) on column.
PAX AVGVSTI in exergue: S C

ProvenanceBy date unknown: said to be from the Messenger Collection; by 1968: with Spink & Son Ltd., 5, 6, & 7 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1 (Spink & Son, Numismatic Circular, October 1968, no. 7107); purchased by MFA from Spink & Son Ltd., November 13, 1968