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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3160967, member: 82616"]A faint echo of this coin design shows up on a Vespasian denarius from 75 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811326[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.27g</p><p>Rome Mint, 75 AD</p><p>RIC 776 (R). BMC 169. RSC 369.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r. </p><p>Rev: PON MAX TR P COS VI; Victory, draped, holding wreath extended in r. hand and palm upright in l., standing l. on 'cista mystica', on either side of which is a snake, coiling up on it's tail, facing inwardly</p><p>Ex Berk 145, 14 September 2005, lot 232.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3160967, member: 82616"]A faint echo of this coin design shows up on a Vespasian denarius from 75 AD. [ATTACH=full]811326[/ATTACH] [B]Vespasian[/B] AR Denarius, 3.27g Rome Mint, 75 AD RIC 776 (R). BMC 169. RSC 369. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r. Rev: PON MAX TR P COS VI; Victory, draped, holding wreath extended in r. hand and palm upright in l., standing l. on 'cista mystica', on either side of which is a snake, coiling up on it's tail, facing inwardly Ex Berk 145, 14 September 2005, lot 232.[/QUOTE]
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