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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8337892, member: 91461&quot;]Wonderful new rarity<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Coingrats!!!</p><p>My latest Vespasian, that I believe to be from early in his reign, also has a Pax reverse, comes from around the Burgundy region of France and, per the seller, was just recently unearthed. A very Marlon Brandoesque portrait of one of the best emperors per the sources:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478325[/ATTACH]</p><p>Vespasianus 69 - 79</p><p>Dupondius, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint., 72-73 CE, AE 28 mm, 11.04 g</p><p>Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG COS III Radiate head of Vespasian right, with a globe at the point of the neck</p><p>Reverse: Draped PAX AVG SC Pax standing left, holding caduceus in left hand and patera in right hand and sacrificing above lit altar</p><p>Ref: C.301, RIC II 740 (any corrections are appreciated)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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