v13_0186 - VESPASIAN As, (MB, Æ 25)

MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 304.90 €
Realised price : 152.45 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 274.41 €

Type : As, (MB, Æ 25)

Date: 72

Mint name / Town : Lyonnaise, Lugdunum,Lyon

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 9,41 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Patine marron. Faiblesse de frappe sur une partie du droit, à la légende

Catalogue references :

C.- - RIC.758 - BMC/RE.746 - BN/R.- - Giard/L2.71 /1 - RCV.2360 var. (photo)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP [CAES V]ESPASIAN AVG COS IIII.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Vespasien à droite, avec un globe à la pointe du cou (O*).

Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Vespasianus Augustus Consul quartus" (l’empereur césar Vespasien auguste consul pour la quatrième fois).

Reverse

Reverse legend : S|C// [PR]OVIDENT À L’EXERGUE.

Reverse description : Façade de l’autel de la Providence, “Ara Providentiæ Augusti”.

Reverse translation : “Providentia”, (la Providence).

Commentary

Poids léger. Troisième exemplaire signalé (après ceux de Londres et de Vienne).

Historical background

VESPASIAN

(1/07/69-24/06/79)

Vespasien was born in 9. In 66, Néron entrusts to him, with a proconsulate and three legions, the care of repressing the revolt of Judea which has just burst. The war will last four years and will end with the capture and destruction of Jerusalem. Proclaimed august on July 1, 69 in Alexandria and sole holder of the title after the assassination of Vitellius on December 20, he did not arrive in Rome until October 70. The first of the Flavians was a great emperor who undertook numerous political reforms, administrative and economic. For the record, he is the creator of the vespasiennes, ancestor of public toilets. He would have made the remark about them that "money has no smell" because the collected urine was sold to the fullers of Rome.

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