Vespasian AR Denarius 70 CE
Vespasian AR Denarius. Rome, AD 70. 3.18g, 18mm, 6h. Obv: IMP CAESAR V[ESPASIANV]S AVG, laureate head right Rev: COS ITER TR POT, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and caduceus. RIC 27. RSC 94g Roma Numismatics E-Sale 57 Lot 840 May 30, 2019 This is a very early coin of Vespasian. The reason I wanted it concerns the portrait on the obverse. Notice that this portrait does not look like Vespasian at all. In fact it looks very much like his predecessor Vitellius. This is o