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Vespasian.  CE 69-79

AE Dupondius. Struck CE 77/8, Lyons mint (or Lugdunum)

28 mm, 10.2 gm

Obv: [IMP CA]ES VESPASIAN AV[G COS VIII P P], radiate head right, globe at point of bust

Rev: [FIDES PVBLIC], S-C, Fides standing left, holding patera & cornucopiae.

Ref: RIC 1214, Cohen 168  (if Lugdunum mint, RIC 1210)

from a large unimaged mixed lot, Stack's Bowers Nov 2013.  Not much detail left on this coin soldier.