minted in Rome
This silver coin was minted in Rome by the emperor Vespasian in 77 or 78 AD. It is a type called a denarius, the most common Roman silver coin. This picture shows the reverse of the coin.
The reverse depicts the prow of a ship with a star above. The worn inscription records 'COS' on the left and 'VIII' on the right, with a bar over the 'VIII'. This indicates that the coin was minted in the 8th consulship of Vespasian.
The main mint for the vast output of Roman coins was at Rome. Four main types of workers, both freedmen and slaves, worked there: artists who engraved the dies, men who then produced the coins, bankers who saw that the coinage was released and accountants.
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