in "Britannia First Strike" PCGS holder graded PR70 DEEP CAMEO
date in exergue (Peck 916
tiny CT below English shield for co-designer Cecil Thomas
struck on a broad flan
62g (Peck 234
Vespasian, AE Dupondius in "Britannia First Strike" PCGSVespasian (A. D. 69 79), AE Dupondius. Mint of Rome, struck A. D. 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, radiate head facing right, rev. ROMA (in exergue), S C , Roma seated left on a cuirass, holding a wreath and a parazonium, shields behind her, 15. 01g., 6h (RIC 279; BMC 591). Excellent portrait, beautiful glossy dark green patina, extremely fine, with a fine old pedigree.