Dupondius

Vespasian
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire

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69-79

Bronze

Weight: 10.9 g

Diameter: 1 in. (25.9 mm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Daniel Stoyanoff Ruevsky, Class of 1887

95.1.29723

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 Reverse: Winged caduceus between two cornucopiae

Provenance

Daniel Stoyanoff Ruevsky (1865-1925), Class of 1887; given to present collection, 1895.

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