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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eparch, post: 7514771, member: 89211&quot;]An interesting early portrait from A.D. 70 before his fmiliar style </p><p>became established</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1298257[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Vespasian</b> (69-79 AD), AR Denarius, 3.16g,&nbsp;&nbsp; A.D.70</p><p>imp caesar vespasianvs avg, laureate head right,</p><p>&nbsp;<i>rev.</i> cos iter fort red, Fortuna standing left, holding prow and cornucopia</p><p>(RSC 84; RIC 19)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Identifying with Jupiter was not an idea exclusive to Diocletian </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1298258[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian (69-79), Denarius, Rome, AD 76; AR</p><p>(g 3,12; mm 12; h 6);</p><p>IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head r.,</p><p>Rv. IOVIS CVSTOS, Jupiter standing facing, holding sceptre and sacrificing from patera over altar to l.</p><p>RIC 849; C 222.</p><p><br /></p><p>and a favorite bronze with an Amazonian style Roma</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1298260[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian Æ Dupondius. Rome, AD 71.</p><p>IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, radiate head right</p><p>&nbsp;ROMA, Roma seated left on cuirass set before a pair of shields, wearing helmet and drapery exposing right breast, holding wreath and parazonium; SC in exergue.</p><p>&nbsp;RIC 277;&nbsp; 15.15g, 28mm, 6h[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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