Roman Empire 72-73 AD. Vespasian, Lyon, As, RIC 1202 var. s

Vespasian, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 72-73 AD.,
As (26-27 mm / 10,57 g), copper, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 200°),
Obv.: IMP [CAES]AR VESPASIAN AVG COS IIII, laureate head of Vespasian right, globe at point of neck.
Rev.: S - C , eagle standing facing on globe, wings spread, head right; S C below wings (usually flanking beside).
RIC II (new) 1202 var. (rarity C2 for usual type) ; RIC II (old), p. 77, 528a var. ; Coh. 481 ; BMCRE 1935-4-4-35 ; CBN 819-820 .

Giard, Lyon, pl. XLV, no. 72, illustrates six COS IIII / Eagle on globe Lugdunese asses of Vespasian; five of them have S - C in outer field, beside the eagle's wings, but one has S - C in lower field like this, below the wings and to l. and r. of the globe.

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