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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1824619, member: 56859&quot;]Here&#039;s the Vespasian dupondius.&nbsp; Best guess is that it is Fides, RIC 1214.&nbsp; The figure looks virtually identical to the wildwinds example and I think I see a hint of FIDES left.&nbsp; What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like this one&#039;s seen some tooling too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]300050[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian, 77-78 AD</p><p>AE Dupondius. Lyons mint?&nbsp; Lugdunum?</p><p>28 mm, 10.2 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; [IMP CA]ES VESPASIAN AV[G COS VIII P P], radiate head right, globe at point of bust</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; [FIDES PVBLIC], S-C, Fides standing left, holding patera &amp; cornucopiae. </p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC 1214, Cohen 168</p><p><br /></p><p>Link to the wildwinds picture:&nbsp; <a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/vespasian/RIC_1214.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/vespasian/RIC_1214.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/vespasian/RIC_1214.jpg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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