Copper As, 26 mm, 9.04 gm.
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS III Laureate head of Vespasian right.
Rev: AEQUITAS AVGVSTI / S C
Aequitas with scale.
Vespasian was born in Falacrina, he rose to command during the invasion of Britain in 43 AD. After a bleak period as a mule dealer, he was appointed by Nero to quell the Jewish Revolt, which he did. He was proclaimed emperor in Alexandria, defeated Vitellius at Cremona, and died in Reate.
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