Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head of Vespasian facing right.

Reverse: COS ITER TR POT, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand and long transverse rod in left.

Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 3.5 g.

A superb silver denarius of Vespasian struck in Rome in AD 70. The reverse depicts Aequitas – the personification of equality, justice and fairness. He is holding a set of scales in one hand and a rod or ‘pertica’ – a Roman unit of measurement in the other. An attractive example with a detailed portrait and subtle toning.