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Aureus with bust of Vespasian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 73
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 7.21 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1973.641
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Vespasian, laureate, right.
IMPCAES VESPAVGCEN (A's written without cross bars)
Reverse: Pax stands, left, a winged caduceus in her right hand, a branch in her left hand. Her left elbow rests on a column. She extends caduceus over purse on tripod at left.
PAX AVG (A's written without cross bars)
IMPCAES VESPAVGCEN (A's written without cross bars)
Reverse: Pax stands, left, a winged caduceus in her right hand, a branch in her left hand. Her left elbow rests on a column. She extends caduceus over purse on tripod at left.
PAX AVG (A's written without cross bars)
ProvenanceDate unknown before 1957: Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 12, 1973; reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, 10/12/1977