HER 5095 DESCRIPTION:- A gold coin (an aurelius) of Vespasian (AD 69-79) was discovered shortly before 1881 during the ploughing of a meadow near St Briavels. {Source Works 862 & 902.} A very fine gold coin of the Emperor Vespasian was discovered in ploughing up a meadow near St. Briavels. The obverse, bearing the laureated head of the Emperor with the inscription : IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG. The reverse : VIRTVS AVG., with a figure of a soldier standing with his left leg on a captive, a spear in his right (? in his left) hand. {Source Work 1681.} |