Vespasian. Denarius

Vespasian; 69-79 AD, Rome, 73 AD, Denarius, 3.22g. BM-98, Paris-86, C-387, RIC-65. Obv: IMP CAES VESP - AVG CENS Head laureate r. Rx: PONTIF - MAXIM Emperor seated r. on curule chair holding scepter and branch. The reverse copies Tiberius' "tribute penny", probably because Vespasian was restriking masses of heavier denarii from before Nero's reform and wanted to preserve a record of some of their famous reverse types on his own denarii.. EF