This little beauty arrived by Fedex earlier in the week. Vespasian AR Denarius Uncertain Spanish mint, 69-70 AD RIC 1339 (R2), BMC 360, RSC 259 Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l. Rev: LIBERTAS PVBLICA; Libertas stg. l., with pileus and rod Late in 69 during the waning stages of the Civil War, Spain began striking coins for Vespasian. Some these Spanish issues may be earlier than those struck at Rome. The Libertas reverse was copied from the Spanish coinage of Galba and both he and Vitellius issued left facing portraits in the province. The metal analysis by K. Butcher and M. Ponting of this issue shows Spanish silver was used in its production, however, the location of the mint is a mystery. The coin's style is different than those traditionally attributed to Tarraco(?), so another mint must have been active in the province. Also of note, the style is very similar to those of RIC's Uncertain western mint group 2 denarii. The reverse type of Libertas was used by the various contenders during the Civil War to show they were rescuing the Roman people from 'tyranny'. A wonderful portrait in similar style to the Spanish issues of Vitellius. An exceedingly rare type that almost never shows up in trade.
The dude has very good hair ... => I have a Titus example that has similar cool-hair ... => V70 .... hey, we have cool coins, eh? cheers, coin-bro
Funnily enough, they both were bald or balding. Die engravers at times were very kind to them. The ancient Romans attached a stigma to baldness, much more so than we do today. Hair Club For Men would've made a killing.
welcome, danielcoin ... are you interested in collecting ancient coins? Yah, asking a dude how much he paid for a coin is a bit tacky (note to self) ... oh, but it's awesome that you seem to be intrigued by his cool coin ... => here are a few examples that are currently for sale on a reliable site ... https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.as...cords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False I hope that you decide to take the plunge and collect some sweet ancient coins!!
I'm collecting roman coins ,and i have found some while metal detecting...several denarius and some nice sesterce..the most important in my collection is a Nero Decursio classified Spl and btw thanks for you link i've alredy found a beauty there ))
