Aureus
Vespasian
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
69-71
Gold
Weight: 7.2 g
Diameter: 3/4 in. (18.4 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29291
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate head of Vespasian right; IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, left up, down right, inwardly Reverse: Seated and draped figure of Pax left, holding palm branch in right hand and winged caduceus in left; COS ITER TR POT, left up, right down, inwardly
Course History
CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020
CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020
CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020
CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
Exhibition History
Artifacts of the Roman Empire, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 18-November 5, 1990.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC, Vol. II: nos. 23-25, pl. 1/8; Terrace 1958: pp. 15-16, no. 11
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