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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2733007, member: 82616&quot;]The Flavian &#039;Tribute Penny&#039; was struck for both Vespasian and Titus Caesar in 73 and 74 AD. Vespasian had 5 legend variants of the type, some more rare than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is probably my rarest example.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]622081[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b> </p><p>AR Denarius, 3.20g</p><p>Rome mint, 74 AD</p><p>RIC 683 (R), BMC 135, RSC 363</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: PON MAXTR P COS V; Vespasian std. r. on curule chair, with sceptre and branch</p><p>Acquired from G&amp;N, January 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this one is my most common.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]622082[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b> </p><p>AR Denarius, 3.50g</p><p>Rome mint, 73 AD</p><p>RIC 546 (C3), BMC 98, RSC 387</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r. </p><p>Rev: PONTIF MAXIM; Vespasian, togate, seated r., feet on stool, holding vertical sceptre in r. hand and branch in l. </p><p>Acquired from Pars Coins, March 2004.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug&#039;s is a nice example of the latter coin. I suppose only a specialist will care about the different legend variants.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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