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Vespasian AR Denarius 71 CE

Vespasian AR Denarius Rome Mint. 71 CE Obv:Head laureate right; IMP CAES VESP AVG PM Rev: Vesta seated left with simpulum; PON MAX RIC 45; BMC 55; RSC 358 Ex: ebay seller sjmint Here is a very uncommon common coin for Vespasian. I liked the portrait and I liked the unusual for the issue reverse legend across the fields. Go ahead and do a search and see what you come up with. Maybe at first it seems common until that is you decide to try to find one. It is far more common to se the same coin with TRI POT across the fields. Maybe this one gets overlooked because we are so used to seeing the TRI POT version. In fact there are only 2 in the Forum Ancient Coins member galleries and this coin is o

Divus Vespasian denarius

Divus Vespasian, AR Denarius. Rome, under Titus, 80-81. (17.5 mm, 3.24 g, 4 h), Obv: Laureate head of Divus Vespasian to right; DIVVS VESPASIANVS [AVGVSTVS] Rev: Slow quadriga to right, with car in form of small temple; EX S C RIC 362 (R2); BMC 117; RSC 147; Hendin 1585a Ex: Nomos Obolos Auction 16 Lot 1127 Sunday October 11, 2020 I was very excited to win this one at auction a few weeks ago. The Divus issues of Vespasian issued by Titus are, as a group, not rare at all. However, in amongst the common issues there are a few rarities. This coin is one of those. This coin is rare because of 2 features, the right facing quadriga and an extremely rare obverse legend. The legend DIVVS VESPASIANVS

Titus as Caesar AR Denarius 77-78 CE

TITUS, as Caesar AD 69-79 AR Denarius. Rome mint, AD 77-78 (19.1 mm 3.07g) RIC 949; BMC 222, RSC 66 Obv: laureate head right; T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS Rev : Mars standing left holding spear and trophy, large wheat ear behind him; COS VI Purchased from Minotaur Coins in Singapore As this is the first one I have seen for sale in 3 years, I do not quite believe the rating of common in RIC. It is quite possible that it is common win the major museum collections but is not common in the general market. What makes this one scarce is the upright corn ear on the reverse. This reverse without the corn ear is common. A similar reverse exists for Titus' father Vespasian. For Vespasian it exists in bot

Domitian AR Denarius 77-78 CE

Titus. AR Denarius as Caesar, AD 69-79. Rome, under Vespasian, Struck AD 77/8. (19.04 mm, 3.22 g), Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS, laureate head of Titus right. Rev: COS VI, prow of galley right, sides ornameted with intricate cross-hatch and maeander patterns; above, star with sixteen rays. RIC 950 (R); BMC 226; RSC 68. SRCV I (2000) 2441 Ex: Numismatik Naumann Auction 88 Lot 656 April 5 2020. Ex: Roman coin shop dot com From Domitian's 2nd year as Augustus. While this coin is worn I rather liked the portrait. I have a number of coins from Domitian's first year as Augustus and I very much like these early issues. While the portraits vary greatly some are very charming like this one. This c

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