Dupondius Vespasian - Pax

VESPASIAN. AE Dupondius. Lugdunum, 72-73 AD. Obv. IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG COS IIII Radiated head right, globe below Rev. PAX AVG Pax standing left, holding patera in right hand, caduceus and laurel branch in left hand, altar at feet. Cohen 301 (2 F) Emmanuel de Vaissiere collection (Paris Drouot 15 February 1995). Emmanuel de Vaissiere (1825-1911) was a sub-prefect of Mauriac at the time of Napoleon III, fond of literature, history, archeology and numismatics, a typical 19th cent. scholar. He resided in his chateau of Vasse', where he died on 15 February 1911, aged 87.