Last week I posted a newly acquired Felicitas dupondius. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-am-finally-taking-the-plunge.322777/ This week I would like to share the corresponding left facing portrait of the type. Vespasian Æ Dupondius, 9.47 Rome mint, 74 AD RIC 716 (C2). BMC 698. Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V CENS; Head of Vespasian, radiate, l. Rev: FELICITAS PVBLICA; S C in field; Felicitas stg. l., with caduceus and cornucopiae Ex eBay, August 2018. The left facing portrait variant of the COS V Felicitas is just as common as the right facing. On the denarii left facing portraits are much rarer! The super dark patina wreaked havoc with my limited photographic skills. I won this coin on eBay from a US seller who does not specialise in Ancient coins. It came with this older attribution tag folded up in the flip. Does anyone recognise what dealer it may be from? It's fairly nondescript, so admittedly this is a long shot. I would love to be able to provenance this coin further!
So you're the one that got it, David! By the time my snipe came around it was already outbid (but not by much). It looks really nice and your reverse photo is so much better than the sellers! Great win! Did you get any of the others from him? Sorry I can't help with the tag, doesn't look familiar and you're right, it is rather nondescript visually.
That dupondius was an unplanned purchase. I actually placed a Hail Mary bid at the last minute and was kind of surprised I won. And no, I didn't go after anything else, my luck probably was pressed to the limit with the fluke win.
