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brm_557981 - VESPASIAN Dupondius

VESPASIAN Dupondius XF
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Price : 175.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: 77-78
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, légèrement décentré au droit. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Vespasien à droite (O*), un globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Vespasianus Augustus Consul octavum Pater Patriæ”, (L’empereur césar Vespasien auguste consul pour la huitième fois père de la patrie).

Reverse


Reverse legend : FIDES - PVBLICA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Fides Publica”, (la Fidélité publique).

Commentary


Rubans de type 2. Très belle tête de Vespasien. Il s’agit effectivement d’un dupondius bien que Vespasien ait la tête laurée et non pas radiée. Seul le poids permet de distinguer l’as (Giard/L2 90) et le dupondius (Giard/L 76) qui n’était pas forcément considéré comme tel auparavant. Pour ce type J.-B. Giard a relevé quatorze exemplaires avec autant de coins de de droit et de revers.
Type 2 ribbons. Very fine head of Vespasian. This is indeed a dupondius, although Vespasian has a laureate head and not a radiate one. Only the weight allows us to distinguish the ace (Giard/L2 90) and the dupondius (Giard/L 76), which was not necessarily considered as such before. For this type, J.-B. Giard noted fourteen examples with as many obverse and reverse dies.

Historical background


VESPASIAN

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

Vespasien was born on November 17, 9 in Flacrines, near Reate (in Sabine country). He belongs to the Italian municipal bourgeoisie. Aedile in 38, lender in 40, consul in 51, proconsul of Africa in 63, he commanded with Claude the expedition to Brittany. Nero entrusted him with three legions and a proconsular imperium to crush the revolt of Judea in 66. He was proclaimed august on July 1, 69 in Alexandria and his sons, Titus and Domitian, were promoted to Caesar. Vitellius was eliminated on December 20, 69. Titus was directly associated with the government by his father from 71. His reign was devoted to the political and economic restoration of Rome. In 73, he took on the censorship. He died in Reate on June 24, 79.

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