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Vespasian Vesta AR Denarius, Ex Archer Huntington, ANS & HSA w/ museum tag
[b]Roman Imperial. Vespasian AR Denarius[/b] (17mm, 3.50 g, 6h). Rome mint, struck July-December 71 CE.
[b]Obv[/b]: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M. Laureate head right.
[b]Rev[/b]: TRI POT. Vesta seated left, draped, holding simpulum.
[b]Ref[/b]: RIC II.1 46; RSC / Cohen 561.
[b]Prov[/b]: Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955) Collection; loaned, then bequeathed to Hispanic Society of America (HSA 22362); on loan, American Numismatic Society (1001.1.22362; late 1940s - 2012); Sotheby's sale of Huntington coll. (8 Mar 2012); acq. anon. consortium (incl. Jose Vico, et al.); returned to ANS among 26,500 others (May 2012 - sum. 2013); sold, CNG e-Auction 397 (17 May 2017), 522; Lampasas Collection; CNG 487 (10 Mar 2021), 510; Charles Chamberlain Collection; CNG 509 (9 Feb 2022), 664; present disposition: Curtis JJ Coll. (USA).

[b]Notes[/b]: Archer M. Huntington (AMH) founded the Hispanic Society of America and was a major benefactor of the American Numismatic Society (and president, 1905-10). HSA & ANS remain (for now) neighbors in Manhattan's Audubon Terrace, commissioned by Huntington in 1907.

The two institutions battled in the courts & press over the fate of AMH's collection (c. 2008-12). The ANS, to whom the collection had been on "permanent loan" for >65 years, vehemently opposed a planned sale by HSA, the legal owner of the 37,895 coins. The courts permitted HSA's highly controversial 2012 sale. By summer 2013, though, anonymous donors had returned ~26,500 of them. Remarkably, ANS [i]re-deaccessioned[/i] (!) & consigned several thousand to auction, incl. this coin & two others now in my coll.

Detailed timeline & bibliography in [i]Forum Disc. Topic 128306, Reply 5 (7 Jan 2023)[/i] [url=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=128306.msg779537#msg779537][LINK][/url]
Keywords: Huntington Vespasian Vesta ANS HSA

Vespasian Vesta AR Denarius, Ex Archer Huntington, ANS & HSA w/ museum tag

Roman Imperial. Vespasian AR Denarius (17mm, 3.50 g, 6h). Rome mint, struck July-December 71 CE.
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M. Laureate head right.
Rev: TRI POT. Vesta seated left, draped, holding simpulum.
Ref: RIC II.1 46; RSC / Cohen 561.
Prov: Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955) Collection; loaned, then bequeathed to Hispanic Society of America (HSA 22362); on loan, American Numismatic Society (1001.1.22362; late 1940s - 2012); Sotheby's sale of Huntington coll. (8 Mar 2012); acq. anon. consortium (incl. Jose Vico, et al.); returned to ANS among 26,500 others (May 2012 - sum. 2013); sold, CNG e-Auction 397 (17 May 2017), 522; Lampasas Collection; CNG 487 (10 Mar 2021), 510; Charles Chamberlain Collection; CNG 509 (9 Feb 2022), 664; present disposition: Curtis JJ Coll. (USA).

Notes: Archer M. Huntington (AMH) founded the Hispanic Society of America and was a major benefactor of the American Numismatic Society (and president, 1905-10). HSA & ANS remain (for now) neighbors in Manhattan's Audubon Terrace, commissioned by Huntington in 1907.

The two institutions battled in the courts & press over the fate of AMH's collection (c. 2008-12). The ANS, to whom the collection had been on "permanent loan" for >65 years, vehemently opposed a planned sale by HSA, the legal owner of the 37,895 coins. The courts permitted HSA's highly controversial 2012 sale. By summer 2013, though, anonymous donors had returned ~26,500 of them. Remarkably, ANS re-deaccessioned (!) & consigned several thousand to auction, incl. this coin & two others now in my coll.

Detailed timeline & bibliography in Forum Disc. Topic 128306, Reply 5 (7 Jan 2023) [LINK]

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quadrans   [Jan 24, 2023 at 05:24 PM]
Nice piece.. Smile
Jay GT4   [Jan 24, 2023 at 08:02 PM]
Great style portrait
David Atherton   [Jan 25, 2023 at 03:57 PM]
Nicely toned.

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