Vespasian Augustus, A.D. 69-79 Provincial Silver Denarius Phillipi mint, A.D. 69-70 Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG Rev: PACI OPB TERR AVG - Turretted female bust Φ behind bust RIC (New) 1407 18mm, 2.8g. Vespasian became emperor when his troops overcame those of the incompetent Vitellius. By most accounts he was a fair and just ruler, prone to mercy, and often of the verge of bankruptcy, as was much of the Empire after the ravages of the civil war. Return Note: RIC lists this type with the mint mark below the bust rather than behind, as it is on this coin. Also, on this coin the mint mark is clearly a Φ, for Philippi. (RIC lists the mint mark as rotated 90 degrees.)