Description: Pisidia, Antioch, Titus (as Caesar: 69 - 79 AD). Struck 76 AD. VESPASIANO CAESARI AVGVSTO...; laureate head right / ANT COL; Founder with vexilum ploughing with yoke of oxen, crescent moon above.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 6,32 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: cf. RPC 1604 (legend)

Commentary: dark patina, some deposits, well centered with good details

History: According to Suetonius, a prophecy ubiquitous in the Eastern provinces claimed that from Judaea would come the future rulers of the world; Vespasian eventually believed that this prophecy applied to him and decided to bid for power.

Article Number: 026-07-03-41652