Description: Vespasian (69 - 79 AD). AE Dupondius, Lugdunum mint 72-73 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG COS III; radiate head right / PAX AVG, S C; Pax standing to left, sacrificing over a low altar to left from a patera held in her right hand, and holding a caduceus and olive branch in her left.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 11,36 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 1144

Commentary: brown patina; defaced in antiquity - proving that his popularity was not ubiquitous.

History: The Jewish population of the empire certainly loathed Vespasian, who even had his own Judean Triumph in 71 AD.

Article Number: 002-08-05-44149