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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3309785, member: 87404&quot;]Very nice new Domitian, David!! I have recently added 2 Spes of the papa, Vespasian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]876986[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian, AE As</b></p><p><b>Rome mint, Struck in 76 AD (like yours) </b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII, Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Spes standing, left holding flower in right and raising skirt with left, SC across field.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC II 894</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]876987[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian, AE As</b></p><p><b>Rome mint, Struck 74 AD</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS V CENS, Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Spes, draped, advancing left, holding up flower in right hand and raising up skirt with left, SC across field.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC II 730</p><p><br /></p><p>In contrast, this new Antoninus Pius Spes As seems quite an appropriate reverse. Things were going really well with expanding the empire, with victories in Britain, building a wall, and all that.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]876988[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antoninus Pius, AE As</b></p><p><b>Rome mint, Struck 143-144 AD</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: IMPERATOR II, Spes, draped, advancing left holding flower-bud in raided right hand and gathering up fold of skirt in left, SC across field.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC III 730[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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