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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 6596874, member: 99456&quot;]It is always fun to find an overlooked gem.&nbsp; Happy to see this rarity find its way to your collection.&nbsp; I will share this Vespasian that finally made it through the mail system after a couple of months and dates to the early days of the reign of Vespasian.</p><p><br /></p><p>This regnal year 2 issue from Alexandria appealed to me for both the portrait and the date of issue.&nbsp; This coin dates to the year that starts at the end of August in the year of four emperors.&nbsp; The reverse celebrates Roman victory and peace in the war with Judea - although the war continued under Titus.&nbsp; Although he was declared emperor in July by his troops, Vespasian was formally proclaimed emperor by the Senate while he was in Egypt on 21 December 69.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265858[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Egypt, Alexandria, Vespasian,</b> AD 69-79, BI Tetradrachm, dated RY 2 (AD 69/70).</p><p><b>Obv:</b> AΥTOK KAIΣ ΣEB AOΥEΣΠAΣIANOΥ/ ΛB (Aυτοκρατορ Kαισαρ Σεβαστοσ Aουεσπασιανου), laureate head right; L B (date) below chin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> EI-ΡH-NH (ειρηνη), Eirene standing left, holding branch and caduceus.</p><p><br /></p><p>It pairs well with this coin from one of his defeated rivals, Galba, from a year earlier (regnal year 1).&nbsp; Eleutheria is the equivalent of Libertas - the personification of liberty.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265869[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Egypt, Alexandria, Galba</b>, AD 68-69, BI Tetradrachm, dated RY 1 (8 June to 29 August AD 68)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> [ΣΕΡΟΥΙ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑ]ΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ, Laureate head right; L A (date) below chin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙA, Eleutheria standing left, resting elbow on column, holding wreath and scepter</p><p><b>Note: </b>more coins from this period in <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/galba-first-of-four-emperors-in-69-ad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/galba-first-of-four-emperors-in-69-ad" rel="nofollow">Galba : First of Four Emperors in 69 AD</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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