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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2851081, member: 82616&quot;]Like my last Domitian quinarius, this one struck for Vespasian is also considered &#039;common&#039; by RIC II.1.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]676683[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Quinarius, 1.36g 17mm</p><p>Rome mint, 75(?) AD</p><p>RIC 794 (C), BMC - , 614</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTI; Victory adv. r., with wreath and palm</p><p>Acquired from Traianvs Coins, September 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian&#039;s moneyer&#039;s struck a great issue of undated quinarii in 75, possibly in conjunction with the opening of his great Temple of Peace. Two standard Victory types (seated and advancing) were employed along with various variant legend spellings and orientations. The variations for each of the two types are: obverse legend - VESPASIANVS or less commonly VESPASIAN; reverse legend - AVGVSTI or less commonly AVGVST. The reverse legend can also either be oriented from low r. or high l. This coin is considered one of the more &#039;common&#039; variants with VESPASIANVS in the obverse legend and AVGVSTI in the reverse, oriented from low r. Even so, it is a very rare piece, as are all Flavian quinarii compared with the denarii. It is also quite difficult to find these in good condition!</p><p><br /></p><p>Unleash the quinarii![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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