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Vespasian, Sestertius, Pax reverse

Æ 33mm/24.0gm    Rome mint, ca. 71 AD

Con/ Loss of patina on the reverse, otherwise, about Very Fine; glossy dark green patina, a very life-like portrait of the aging emperor in the highest Flavian style.

Obv/ IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR P PP P COS III; laur. bust right.

Rev/ PAX AVGVSTI S-C; Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopia

Ref/ RIC Vol II, 437