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Super thread!,,really interesting with some great coins...Sorry I haven't got any to contribute

Thanks for starting
Paul

 

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Brass AE 21, RPC I 2364; BMC Mysia p. 139, 242 - 245; SNG Cop 461, 4.667g, 21.2mm, Pergamon mint, 4 - 5 A.D.; obverse SEBASTON DHMOFWN, Augustus in tetrastyle temple; reverse SILBANON PERGAMHNOI, Demos of Pergamum crowning proconsul M. Plautius Silvanus, who is wearing toga.

M. Plautius Silvanus was Proconsul of Asia from 4 to 5 A.D. He was consul in the 2 A.D. and belonged to the inner circle of Augustus. Whether the legend on the obverse refers to Augustus, remains a question, likewise the exact interpretation of the scene. Eastern denominations are not fully understood, but this brass coin may have been equal to the Roman as or 1/3 of a dupondius.

 

Very nice at any rate.

 

One of the remaining unattributed coins in the "Bag o Romans." I think it's Phillip I, but still need to run it through the process I set up to properly identify the coins. So, Phillip I is a SWAG - (scientific wild guess).

The reverse is one of my favorite, for some odd reason.

 

Here's a pretty rare coin of Vespasian showing the temple of Vesta in the Roman forum.

IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS IIII CENS
Laureate head of Vespasian right

VESTA SC
Doomed temple of Vesta in the Forum, showing four columns and containing statue of the goddess on pedestal

Rome 73 AD

9.48g

RIC 601 (R); Sear 2365; BMCRE 664

Rare

Ex-Calgary Coin

This celebrated temple had been rebuilt by Nero following the great fire of 64 AD. The Neronian structure survived until another conflagration late in the reign of Commodus and was again restored early in the 3rd century by Julia Domna. It was again rebuilt in more modern times where it still stands in the Roman Forum to this day.

Die notes from Curtis Clay:

"Same dies, and better condition, than the Paris spec., pl. LVII, 663.

The BM spec., pl. 26.9, also illustrated in RIC, pl. 40, 601, is also from the same rev. die, but a different obv. die.

The BM and Paris specimens of the same As for Titus COS II CENS are also from that same rev. die: BM pl. 27.7 = RIC pl. 42, 640; Paris pl. LIX, 689."

 

I can see why you like the Reverse; it presents a very intriguing image indeed.

 

Fantastic coin, a great piece to have in your collection.

 

At this point, I'm still a relative newbie, so everything seems to catch my eye.

 

I've been actively collecting since 1956 (age 9)...everything STILL catches my eye!

 

Another couple of Vesta temples, a republican and a Nero Denarius the one Jay GT4 mentioned that was rebuilt after the fire.

 

More gorgeous coins.