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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8250376, member: 82616&quot;]There&#039;s nothing quite like acquiring a coin that is missing from the major institutions ... especially the massive BM and Paris collections. My latest addition is just such a coin! Nothing fancy, but it&#039;s kind of a neat accomplishment.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453442[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ As, 10.26g</p><p>Lyon mint, 77-78 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.; globe at point of bust</p><p>Rev: AEQVITAS AVGVSTI; S C in field; Aequitas stg. l., with scales and rod</p><p>RIC 1229 (R). BMC -. BNC -.</p><p>Acquired from NumisCorner, March 2022.</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 <i>as</i> from late in the reign was struck in 77-78 at Lugdunum (modern Lyon), presumably to address a bronze coinage shortage in the Western provinces. The left portrait variant is much rarer than it&#039;s right facing counterpart. I think RIC&#039;s &#039;rare&#039; frequency raring is a bit underplayed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your coins missing from the major collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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