CLARK COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ART:

ANCIENT COINS (41 through 50)

EC.72.41
Denomination: as
Date: c. 69-79 CE
Obverse: Head of Vespasian facing right
Inscription: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AUG...
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus
Translated: Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus

Reverse: Figure of Victory
Inscription: VICTORIA...LIS
Translated: Victory...
Weight: 9 g.

EC.72.42
Denomination: as
Date: c. 69-79 CE
Obverse: Head of Vespasian facing right
Inscription: CAES VESPASIAN AUG COS
Translated: Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Consul

Reverse: Seated Securitas
Inscription: SEC...SC
Supplied: Securitas. Senatus Consulto
Translated: Security. By decree of the Senate
Weight: 8 g

EC.72.43
Denomination: as
Date: c. 69-79 CE
Obverse: Head of Vespasian facing left
Inscription: IMP CAESAR VES AUG COS CENS
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Consul Censor
Translated: Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus Consul Censor

Reverse: Faint figure of Aequitas holding scales in right hand and long spear in left
Inscription: AE...UGUST. SC
Supplied: Aequitas Augusti. Senatus Consulto
Translated: The equity of Augustus. By decree of the Senate
Weight: 9 g

EC.72.44
Denomination: dupondius
Date: c. 69-79 CE
Obverse: Radiate crowned head of Vespasian facing left
Inscription: IMP CAES VESP AUG P M P P COS V CENS
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Pater Patriae Consul V Censor
Translated: Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, High Priest, father of his country, Consul for the 5th time, Censor

Reverse: Standing Felicitas
Inscription: FELICITAS PUBLICA. SC
Supplied: Felicitas Publica. Senatus Consulto
Translated: The public happiness. By decree of the Senate
Weight: 10 g

EC.72.46
Denomination: sestertius
Date: c. 69-79 CE
Obverse: Laureate head of Vespasian facing right
Inscription: IMP CAES VESPAS AUG P M TR P P...
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunitia Potestate Pater Patriae
Translated: Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, High Priest, exercising tribunician power, father of his country

Reverse: Mars striding towards right
Notes: For a very similar coin see R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, Vol. II: The Principate 31 BC-AD 296 (London 1980) 38 n. 492.
Weight: 24 g

EC.72.47
Denomination: sestertius
Date: c. 79-81 CE
Obverse: Head of Titus facing left
Inscription: IMP T CAES VESP AUG P M TR P COS VIII
Supplied: Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunita Potestate Consul VIII
Translated: Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasian Augustus, High Priest, exercising tribunician power, Consul for the 8th time

Reverse: Faint figure of a standing goddess holding a cornucopia
Inscription: ...PUBLIC. SC
Supplied: ...public[us]. Senatus Consulto
Translated: ...the state. By decree of the Senate
Weight: 23 g

EC.72.48
Denomination: sestertius
Date: c. 69-79 CE
Obverse: Laureate head of Vespasian facing left
Inscription: IMP T CAES VESP AUG P M TR P P P COS VIII
Supplied: Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunitia Potestate Consul VIII
Translated: Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasian Augustus, High Priest, exercising tribunician power, Consul for the 8th time

Reverse: Standing woman
Inscription: SC
Supplied: Senatus Consulto
Translated: By decree of the Senate
Weight: 26 g

EC.72.49
Denomination: sestertius
Date: c. 79-81 CE
Obverse: Laureate head of Titus facing right
Inscription: T CAES VES P M...COS II CENS
Supplied: Titus Caesar Vespasianus Pontifex Maximus Consul II Censor
Translated: Titus Caesar Vespasian, High Priest, Consul for the 2nd time, Censor

Reverse: Standing Pax
Inscription: PAX AUGUSTI. SC
Supplied: Pax Augusti. Senatus Consulto
Translated: The peace of Augustus. By decree of the Senate
Weight: 20 g

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