Live auction - brm_1179184 - VESPASIAN Dupondius

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Buy140 EUR

Starting price :	140 €
Estimate :	280 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	20 October 2026 14:29:34

Type : Dupondius

Date: 74

Mint name / Town : Atelier secondaire d’Orient (Samosate)

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 12,55 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Frappe molle au droit. Joli revers. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.377 (12f.) - RIC.798 b - BMC/RE.888 pl. 43/6 - BN/R.904 pl. 72 - RCV.2350 (640$) - RPC.1983

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Vespasien à gauche (O*1).

Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Vespasianus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Vespasien auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PON. MAX. TR. POT. P. P. COS. V. CENS.

Reverse description : Deux cornes d’abondance entrecroisées avec un caducée au milieu.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas Pater Patriæ Consul quintus Censor”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne père de la patrie consul pour la cinquième fois censeur).