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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8127070, member: 82616&quot;]This one arrived just prior to the holiday...admittedly not a Christmassy themed coin, but from the same part of the world where the Nativity was set.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1415458[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ As, 14.71g</p><p>Antioch mint, 72-73 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.</p><p>Rev S • C in laurel wreath</p><p>RPC 2006 (8 spec.).</p><p>Acquired from eBay, December 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antioch mint struck a series of leaded bronze coins with Latin legends beginning in 72 or 73. This &#039;As&#039; is part of the first issue, slightly rarer than the huge undated one that followed a few years later. Struck in &#039;local&#039; style for Syrian circulation, as opposed to the parallel &#039;Roman&#039; style series which was struck for much wider circulation in the Western provinces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Merry Christmas fellow CTers![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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