Vespasian, 69-79. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34.89 mm, 25.11 g). Rome, 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. S C, Front view of the Temple of Isis at the Campo Marzio in Rome, with four columns on a five-step podium; between the columns, in the pronaos, the statue of Isis standing, with Egyptian attributes; to the right and left of the steps are statues; above, a curved pediment with elaborate ornamentation at the top and, inside it, the statue of Isis-Demetra-Sothis riding the sidereal dog Sirius running to the right. RIC II 453. Cohen 485. P. V. Hill, The Monuments of Ancient Rome, London 1989, p. 38 n. 39. Bauten Roms auf Münzen und Medaillen, München 1973, p. 68, n. 131. Surfaces smoothed, some details tooled. otherwise, Good Very Fine. Extremely rare, only one reverse die is known.

This type of coin has been linked to the night spent by Vespasian and Titus in the temple of Isis before their triumph for the Jewish war. This sestertius is a primary source for the iconography of the Iseo Campense before the fire of 80 AD and the subsequent reconstruction by Domitian.