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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2663768, member: 8959&quot;]My recent purchase from the DNW auction has arrived.</p><p>Very happy with it!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a sestertius of Vespasian bearing the legend <b>SPQR P P OB CIVES SERVATOS</b> within Oak Wreath (Corona Civica).</p><p><br /></p><p>The full inscription <b>&quot;Senatus Populus Que Romanus Pater Patriae Ob Cives Servatos&quot;&nbsp; </b>translates as &#039;&#039;The Senate and the people of Rome, Father of the Country, For saving citizens&#039;&#039;. This was an award conferred by the senate upon the recipient for having saved the lives or restored the freedom of roman citizens.</p><p><br /></p><p>This motif, or variants of it, is found on sestertii of Augustus, Gaius, Claudius, Galba, Vespasian and Hadrian. It is also found on other denominations in gold and silver.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Vespasian</b>, Sestertius, Lugdunum, 71,</p><p>Obverse: laureate bust right, globe at point, imp caes vespasian avg p m tr p p p cos iii, </p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; spqr p p ob cives servatos in four lines within oak-wreath, 23.93g (RIC 1137; BMC p.198; C 531).</p><p><br /></p><p>About very fine, chocolate-brown patina, rare;</p><p>Provenance: Seaby List M228, July 1934 (17379)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the pictures from the DNW auction as well as my own.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post you Corona Civica!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591553[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]591554[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]591556[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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