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Offline cot b

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vespasian?
« on: April 08, 2009, 04:17:00 pm »
 As for me .it is a scarced "lime" denar of  VESPASIAN??? Help me to ID these coin :-[

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Re: vespasian?
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2009, 03:08:09 am »
It's Vespasian as Divus, the rev. type is shield between two capricorn protomes.

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Re: vespasian?
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2009, 04:20:16 am »
Now that you have told it I've see the capricorn me too !  ;)
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Re: vespasian?
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2009, 10:03:05 am »
Looks like a fourree of RIC 357 (Titus) with the silver plating flaked off.

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Re: vespasian?
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2009, 10:52:12 am »
Or maybe rather a cast from - formerly - white metal.

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Re: vespasian?
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2009, 12:08:16 pm »
 Thanks for help :laugh:

 

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