69 - 79 AD SILVER ANTIOCH TETRADRACHM VESPASIAN LARGE EAGLE COIN NGC FINE

Description

SILVER TETRADRACHM FROM THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR VESPASIAN
(69-79 AD)
FLAVIAN DYNASTY
CERTIFIED BY NGC  FINE
STRIKE QUALITY: 4 OUT OF 5
SURFACE QUALITY: 2 OUT OF 5
OBV:
LAUREATE BUST OF VESPASIAN RIGHT.
REV:
LARGE EAGLE
TITUS FLAVIUS CAESAR VESPASIANUS AUGUSTUS
(9-79 AD), WAS A SUCCESSFUL ROMAN MILITARY COMMANDER. UPON THE EVE OF THE EMPEROR NERO'S FALL FROM POWER AND SUICIDE, VESPASIAN WAS ABOUT TO COMMENCE THE ASSAULT ON JERUSALEM.
NERO'S DEATH BROUGHT ABOUT CIVIL WAR, AND MANY GENERALS VIED TO WREST THE IMPERIAL LAURELS FROM ONE ANOTHER. GALBA, OTHO AND VITELLIUS BRIEFLY WORE THE PURPLE DURING THE "YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS", BUT VESPASIAN EMERGED VICTORIOUS AND WAS PROCLAIMED EMPEROR BY THE SENATE.
VESPASIAN SUBJUGATED JUDEA DURING THE JEWISH REVOLT, STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATER (THE COLOSSEUM) WITH THE SPOILS FROM THE JEWISH SECOND TEMPLE, AND PUT FORTH A SERIES OF FINANCIAL REFORMS TO STABILIZE ROME'S ECONOMY.
THIS TYPE OF COIN WAS STRUCK IN 70 AD COMMEMORATING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH REVOLT. A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.
CONTAINS 13.95 GRAMS OF
SILVER
24 - 25 MM IN DIAMETER
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