Vespasian Imitation. Dupondius

Vespasian Imitation; 69-79 AD, 77-78 AD, Dupondius, 11.20g. Cf. RIC-p. 146, note 17; and Paris-pl. LXXI, 887 (same obv. die) and 889 (similar reverse type). Obv: [I]MP CAES VESPASIAN AVG CO[S VIII P P] Head laureate r., globe at tip of neck is off flan. Rx: FORTVNA - REDVC[I] on r. and l., S - C across field, Fortuna Redux standing l., holding branch and rudder on globe in r. hand and cornucopia in l. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. Note the rather crude style, reverse legend starting at upper right rather than the usual lower left, and the mixed cases (nominative and dative) in that legend FORTVNA REDVCI, instead of FORTVNA REDVX (both words nominative) or FORTVNAE REDVCI (both words dative).. Fine