Vespasian, 69-79. Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 26,12 g IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//PAX – AVG, S C in exergue; Pax standing r., holding an olive twig in her l. hand, setting fire to a pile of captured weapons with her r. hand, in front of her an altar on which a sacrificial fire is burning; the altar is decorated with garlands, in order to indicate that a festival is held; behind Pax a column surmounted by a statue of Minerva/Athena Promachos striding to r.; a big shield and a lance – the weapons of Athena/Minerva – are leaning against the column. BN 146 no. 520; RIC² no. 95.

A very rare coin, cf. RIC²: R2. Nearly very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 313.

ex Auctiones 11, Basel 1980, no. 428.