Vespasian, AE laureate dupondius. Lyons mint, struck AD 77-78. 11.6 g. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P, laureate head right, globe at point of neck. ROMA beneath Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and parazonium, upright shields behind her. S-C across fields. RIC 1220; BMCRE 837 var (holding spear); BM 1936.0203.20. Image courtesy of the British Museum.