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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2795241, member: 8959&quot;]Lovely coin with the representation of PAX and very interesting, classic portraits on both. Very nice!</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have any &#039;peace&#039; coins for Vespasian, but here is a sestertius for Vitellius bearing PAX AUGUSTI (RIC 117).</p><p>It is the most common reverse type for Vitellius&#039; sestertii.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not found a reference describing which specific events this coin alludes to, but it probably refers to a desire for enduring peace after the violence surrounding the murder of Galba (and the defeat of Otho), or possibly a desire to avert upcoming strife with Vespasian.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650168[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650169[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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