Pius denarius out of its capsule with a question

[Diederik]

Freed from its plastic shell, I got a chance to have a look at my alledged Strack 63 (it is not in RIC), but now I saw something that looks like drapery on the far shoulder! Moreover I find the bust showing a lot of Pius' right shoulder.
Any opinions on the drapery and its possible new attribution?


Frans

PS  3,65 grams and 18 mms diameter.

[curtislclay]

Yes, that's definitely clasp and fold of cloak before neck, fold of cloak behind neck too, a bust variant not recorded in BMC.

Here's a new arrangement of the priestly implements on a similar denarius I acquired recently, with knife on l. and ladle on r. rather than vice versa, perhaps just by engraver's error.

[Diederik]

Thank you Curtis!
I already had a hunch it would be rare, as I could not find it in RSC. Should I list it as Strack 63 variant?
Yours is a very interesting variant as well and falls way off the two known series where there are five implements - nice!


Frans