Barry,
Spectacular new coin, thanks for offering me first
crack at it!
I know three
obv. dies with this II C
legend. Here is your list of reverses again, annotated with the specimens I know from my casts, from
BMC, and from your former
collection:
BONAE SPEI -
Spes walking left, formerly Barry Murphy coll.
BONETAE (
sic) AVG -
Moneta standing l. holding
scales and
cornucopia, formerly Barry Murphy coll., Phil Peck,
Martin Griffiths (all 3 from the same die pair).
BONI EVENTVS -
Bonus Eventus (actually
Fides) standing left, holding plate of fruit and grain ears, Copenhagen, my coll. (2
rev. dies)
CERER
FRVG -
Ceres standing left holding grain ears and torch, formerly
Berk stock
CERER FRVGIF COS -
Ceres standing left holding grain ears and torch,
BMC 345 note, said to be in
Budapest, but I have no
cast of it from my visit there, so confirmation required
CERER
FRVG II
COS -
Ceres standing left holding grain ears and torch,
Athens,
BMC 345 note
FORTVNAE REDVCI -
Fortuna seated left, holding branch and
cornucopia,
Vienna,
Martin Griffiths (2
rev. dies)
FORTVNAE REREDVC (
sic) -
Fortuna seated left holding globe and
cornucopia,
BMC 364, pl. 16.5
MART VICT -
Mars walking right, holding
trophy over shoulder and spear, formerly
Berk stock
MINER VICT -
Minerva standing left, holding
Victory and spear,
shield at feet right, B. Murphy, see above
MONET AVG -
Moneta standing l. holding
scales and
cornucopia,
BMC 380 note, citing
Reka Devnia p. 98 (2 spec. in
Sofia; confirmation required)
MONETAE AVG -
Moneta standing l. holding
scales and
cornucopia,
Bickford-Smith (2 spec., both now in BM?);
Martin Griffiths ex Barry Murphy coll. (2
rev. dies)
VICTOR IVST AVS (
sic) -
Victory walking left, holding
wreath and
palm, BM,
Vienna,
Martin Griffiths (same die pair).
Here are six new
types:
BONI EVE(or I)NTVS, wheat ear between crossed cornucopias, BM ex
Bickford-Smith,
Vienna,
BMC p. 91 (
Reka Devnia hoard, pl. IV, 44) (all 3 from same die pair)
FELIC[IT] TIMPOR (
sic, but not very clear), double-headed wheat ear between two cornucopias, Franchesci (Brussels) stock, 1976
FELICITAS TEMPOR, basket of fruit with three bunches of grapes hanging down from its top
rim, my
collection ex
CNG E149, see image in my message of 13 Jan. 2008 below.
FORTVNE (
sic) REDVCI,
Fortuna standing l. holding rudder and
cornucopia,
Paris, formerly Kelly coll. (same die pair)
LEG XIIII
GEM M V TR P
COS,
legionary eagle between 2 standards, my coll. ex Kelly,
Martin Griffiths=formerly
Berk stock (same die pair)
MARTI VICT,
Mars adv. r. as above, BM ex
Bickford-Smith,
Martin Griffiths (from the same
rev. die but different
obv. dies)
And a seventh new
type, which
Lanz offered on
eBay on 20 June 2009, described and illustrated in a separate message below:
FORTVAE (
sic, N omitted) REDVCI,
Aequitas standing l. holding
scales and
cornucopia