The obverse die is A23 in Colin Kraay's unpublished Oxford dissertation, the rev. die P75. Kraay didn't know this die combination, but it is recorded by RIC 70 from a single specimen in the Termopolio Hoard from Pompeii, published in 1997.
Randy,
I'd be curious to learn your source for this information, since I think it must ultimately come from me. The number of people having access to a copy of Kraay's unpublished dissertation, and the inclination to use it to check dies, must be extremely small!
You were the source
a little over 7 years ago.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-74735"Looks like
Vespasian, first issue of 71 with full name
VESPASIANVS:
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P
COS III,
bust laureate r. resting on globe and with
aegis on shoulder
FIDES EXERCITVVM, S C
in ex. , clasped
hands before
legionary eagle on prow.
The
obverse die is A23 in
Colin Kraay's unpublished
Oxford dissertation, the
rev. die P75.
Kraay didn't know this die combination, but it is recorded by
RIC 70 from a single specimen in the Termopolio
Hoard from Pompeii, published in 1997.
These are
rare types: only one other
obv. die of the issue shows this combination of
aegis and globe for the
bust, and this is the only
rev. die of the
FIDES EXERCITVVM type used in the issue, though a second such die was used later in the year with
Vespasian's name abbreviated
VESPASIAN (no -VS).
To see what your dies looked like before the corrosion, see
RIC pl. 18, 117 and pl. 16, 71 for the
obv. and
rev. respectively! These are the same two dies on well preserved specimens in other die combinations."
"thanks for the
help Curtislclay !"