VESPASIAN PLATED FOURREE SILVER DENARIUS – WINGED CADUCEUS ISSUE – VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (Inv. 21496)

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21496. ROMAN EMPIRE. VESPASIAN, AD 69–79.
Silver Plated Fourée Denarius, 3.13 g, 19 mm. Seemingly official forgery of the Rome mint, ca. AD 74.
Obv. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head of Vespasian right. Rev. PON MAX TR P COS V, winged caduceus.
Cf. RIC II.1 703 (for prototype).
NGC VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, the silver plating intact; given that the style and accuracy of the dies are of high quality, this is likely a forgery produced at the Rome mint.