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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2630266, member: 82616&quot;]Ah, yes. You are referring to this type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]578665[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 2.71g</p><p>Rome Mint, 69-70 AD</p><p>RIC 4 (R), BMC 43, RSC 229</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: IVDAEA in ex.; Jewess (as type of Judaea), draped and veiled, seated r. on ground, head inclined downwards, l. knee drawn up, hand bound behind back and fastened to palm-tree</p><p>Acquired from Zuzim Judaea, May 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably for every fifty of the standard type, one of the palm types were struck. I have no explanation why the former was struck more frequently than the latter. A vastly underrated coin type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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