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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4176025, member: 82616&quot;]When one thinks of Vespasian fairness is one attribute that comes to mind. His sense of justice and fairness was well known in antiquity. So, I think the following coin from Lyon is quite fitting for the old down to earth soldier.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074898[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ As, 10.19g</p><p>Lyon mint, 77-78 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: AEQVITAS AVGVSTI; S C in field; Aequitas stg. l., with scales and rod</p><p>RIC 1228 (C3). BMC 842. BNC 839.</p><p>Ex eBay, February 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian inherited a financial mess upon his accession in 69. His top priority was putting the state on a sound financial footing. Symbolic of that righting of the empire was the common reverse type of Aequitas. Aequitas holding her scales and measuring rod was probably based on a cult image of the deity. She first shows up as an imperial virtue on the coinage under Galba, a virtue that Vespasian was eager to emulate. This As from late in the reign was struck at Lugdunum (modern Lyon) in a fairly substantial issue, likely produced to rectify a bronze coinage shortage in the Western provinces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your coins that feature a reverse suited to the person on the obverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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