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Author Topic: Very Rare Vespasian & Titus year 1 with a Gorgon tetradrachm added  (Read 60114 times)

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Re: Very Rare Titus quinarius & a Massive Domitian added
« Reply #425 on: February 27, 2022, 09:19:51 am »
Interesting medallion. I'm not sure I understand why the French struck them though.
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Re: Very Rare Titus quinarius & a Massive Domitian added
« Reply #426 on: February 27, 2022, 11:57:06 am »
Added a great little quinarius of Titus today. After quite a bit of research I've die matched it to the ex-Sneh coin, RIC 809 R3!  Very rare!

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174814

and I couldn't resist this massive French medallion of Domitian.  It's huge at 69mm!  It's too heavy for my scale!  These are works of art in their own right.  Limited to 500 pieces, this one is #192/500 with a date of 1968 on the rim.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174816

Thanks for looking!

The French mint produced a whole series of medals of ancient coins and rulers.  They are quite skillfully done and very impressive in hand.

The real treasure though is the quinarius.

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Re: Very Rare Titus quinarius & a Massive Domitian added
« Reply #427 on: February 27, 2022, 01:20:13 pm »
Nice adds Jay!

Forgive my ignorance, what is the ex-Sneh coin?

Cheers,

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Re: Very Rare Titus quinarius & a Massive Domitian added
« Reply #428 on: February 27, 2022, 04:56:24 pm »
Sneh was a well known Flavian collector in the league of David Atherton.  He had many rarities.  He passed away a few years ago.   My coin is a die match to his making at least 2-3 known examples now.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1181894

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Re: Very Rare Titus quinarius & a Massive Domitian added
« Reply #429 on: February 27, 2022, 08:07:36 pm »
Got it. Thanks Jay and congrats.
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Re: Rare early Titus denarius added
« Reply #430 on: March 02, 2022, 04:30:32 pm »
A coin from our very own orfew arrived today, although it took quite a long road to get to me!

Early issue denarius of Titus with Ceres reverse.  Perhaps minted just days after Vespasian's death:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174871&message_id=dd174c0b5476eb018854886fe84f4630&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock


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Re: Rare early Titus denarius added
« Reply #431 on: March 03, 2022, 10:02:44 am »
Jay, Speaking of Quinarii, there was a short article this week in the E-sylum...bascially advertising a recent piece in CoinWeek.

https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n09.html#article30

It caught my interest after your Quinarius post.

Cheers,

Steve
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Re: Rare early Titus denarius added
« Reply #432 on: March 03, 2022, 12:32:00 pm »
Thanks Steve!  I'll take a look!

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Re: Rare O mint Vespasian and 2 Philistia's added
« Reply #433 on: March 29, 2022, 05:34:55 pm »
Received 3 coins in the mail today.

First another rare "O" mint denarius.  Every Flavian collector loves finding these.  As is usually the case, it was improperly attributed to Rome!

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=175158

Also got these two little Athenian imitation obol owls from Gaza, Philistia. Dealer's pictures where blurry and over exposed so I took a chance.  In hand they are lovely coins with great details on the owls, each different issues.  I think I did ok on the photography for a quick set up.  If I had more time I could get them better but they're all there...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=175157

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=175156

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Re: Rare O mint Vespasian and 2 Philistia's added
« Reply #434 on: April 03, 2022, 06:57:51 am »
Morning Jay, beautiful collection so many stunning coins. Love the Vespasian O mint it's a beautiful coin thanks for sharing.


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Re: Rare O mint Vespasian and 2 Philistia's added
« Reply #435 on: April 03, 2022, 08:45:31 am »
Thanks!

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Re: Rare O mint Vespasian and 2 Philistia's added
« Reply #436 on: April 03, 2022, 10:24:55 am »
I like the FIDES reverse Jay, nice snag.
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Re: Very rare Vespasian "Unknown" mint added
« Reply #437 on: April 08, 2022, 03:09:52 pm »
Thanks!

David Atherton was kind enough to point out a coin I was going to pass on.  From the mysterious "Unknown Asia Minor mint" (Ephesus?) comes a rare series of Æ coins, all of them rare to very rare.  M. Grant connects them to the unknown "O" mint.

Rated as R2 in RIC; RPC online has only 3 specimens and of course, there is one in David's collection.  I dare say that the portrait on mine is better than the RPC coins.  Thanks for the nudge David.  It's very attractive in hand.


https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=175241

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Re: Very Rare Vespasian & Titus year 1 with a Gorgon tetradrachm added
« Reply #438 on: May 05, 2022, 04:37:11 pm »
Another Flavian rarity arrived today!  Year 1 Alexandrian tetradrachm with dual busts of Vespasian and Titus.  Added bonus is the gorgoneion clearly visible on Titus cuirass!

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=175576

Rare series LA date, minted for about 2 months in 69 CE, 1 July - 28 Aug.

Thanks for looking!

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Re: Very Rare Vespasian & Titus year 1 with a Gorgon tetradrachm added
« Reply #439 on: May 05, 2022, 08:52:39 pm »
Wonderful addition, Jay. Congrats.

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Re: Very Rare Vespasian & Titus year 1 with a Gorgon tetradrachm added
« Reply #440 on: May 06, 2022, 05:40:11 pm »
Thanks!

 

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