RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 938
Denomination: denarius
Material: ar
Authority: vespasian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0077 to 0078
Obverse legend: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Obverse: Head of Vespasian, laureate, left
Obverse portrait: vespasian
Reverse legend: COS VIII
Reverse: Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak round waist, standing left, holding spear slanting upwards in right hand and trophy on left shoulder in left
Reverse portrait: mars