Gold aureus of Vespasian, Rome, 77-78 A.D.
T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS; Laureate head of Titus r.
COS VI; Roma seated r. on shields, l. foot on helmet, holding spear in l. hand; on either side, a bird; before her, she-wolf with twins.
RIC 954; BMCRE 223; Cohen 64; CBN 199; Kent-Hirmer pl. 66, 230; Calicó 738
Picture credit: Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG (Auction 99), 29.5.2017, lot 6
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