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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2203678, member: 82616&quot;]Snakes rarely make an appearance on Flavian coinage. Off the top of my head I can recall two types I have.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]429628[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome Mint, 73 AD</p><p>RIC 544 (R), BMC 97, RSC 385</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: PONTIF MAXIM; Nemesis adv. r., holding caduceus over snake</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]429630[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome Mint, 75 AD</p><p>RIC 776 (R), BMC 169, RSC 369</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: PON MAX TR P COS VI; Victory, draped, holding wreath extended in r. hand and palm upright in l., standing l. on &#039;cista mystica&#039;, on either side of which is a snake, coiling up on it&#039;s tail, facing inwardly</p><p><br /></p><p>The first type is a copy of an old Claudian denarius. The second copies a reverse Augustus struck on cistophori and quinarii.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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