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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3978358, member: 82616&quot;]And what better way to do so than to start off the year with a <i>very </i>common Vespasian bronze. I wonder how many wine bars, baths, and brothels this As has seen?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047208[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ As, 11.90g</p><p>Rome mint, 76 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: S C in field; Spes stg. l., holding flower</p><p>RIC 894 (C2). BMC 725. BNC 757.</p><p>Acquired from eBay, December 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>This Spes As is considered by RIC (p. 51) to be the single most common bronze coin struck for Vespasian. Oddly enough, the frequency rating in the catalogue of &#039;very common&#039; is a notch below the &#039;extremely common&#039; rating reserved for the most common types. Spes was a popular reverse type under Vespasian, connected to future dynastic hope and harmony. Note the classic &#039;straining&#039; portrait for which Vespasian is well known for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pleb out with me, show us your common, mucky coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047209[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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