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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 7345953, member: 82616&quot;]I really love coins like this. A nice big 1st Century bronze with no tooling or smoothing, a bit worn but decently priced. It&#039;s a treat in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1281508[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ Sestertius, 25.22g</p><p>Rome mint, 76 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS VII; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: S C in field; Spes stg. l., with flower</p><p>RIC 884 (C). BMC 719. BNC 749.</p><p>Acquired from Kölner, March 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Spes was a very common Flavian reverse type connected to future dynastic hope and harmony. Under Vespasian it is more commonly found on the middle bronzes and sparingly so on the sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your worn, but honest coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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