Just won this very rare Vespasian

Yes, you are correct. I chose this alignment because honestly the portrait is not the star of this coin. The legends are nice and crisp and I was trying to highlight those.

 

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Very impressive addition, @orphew, especially for an Ephesian den.

My Ephesian denarius for him has him seated:

Not too wild, but it does have an Ephesian mint mark.

 

Very nice example @lrbguy thanks for posting it here.

 

Well done @Orfew ! Very nice coin, and really fun to have those rare ones! Well done... big fun snaring that one...

I have several Rarities which I enjoy. However, most folks seem to respond to Roman Empire (RIC) rarities. Here is one:

RI Verina w Leo I AE2 20mm 457-475 Victory inscribing CHI RHO - RIC X 656 R3 RARE


And, here is a rare one in area I enjoy collecting:

1 of 5 known:

Etruria Populonia AR 5 Asses 3rd C BCE 2.0g Young Hd L V behind HN 173 Vecchi Rasna III 52 ex NAC 29 No 9 RARE


Here is a Vespasian:

RI Vespasian 69-79 CE AR Quinarius Victory seated wreath palm RIC 802 Rare

 

Thanks Brian. I love the quinarius. I still have yet to find one.

 

Nice new picture of this covetable denarius

Here's a roman rarity of mine


Constantine the Great, Follis - Nicomedia mint, 2nd officina, c. AD 311
IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; Laureate head right
VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS Mars/Virtus advancing right in military dress, holding transverse spear and shield ; trophy over shoulder. B in right field. SMN in exergue.
4.88 gr, 22 mm
RIC-, C-, Roman coins -
RIC lists this type only for Licinius and Maximinus . "Iovi Conservatori and Virtuti Exercitus both appear for Licinius and Maximinus, emissions for the former being the more scarce: coinage for Constantine is extremely rare. Date, c. 311". Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 70c.
Please see Victor Clarks website for further information at :http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/unlisted/


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Recently I buy this Aurelian which is scarcer variant:
Aurelian, AD 270-275, Antoninianus, Cyzicus, Obv. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, bust removed, drape and bust of Aurelian right. Rev. MINERVA AVG, Minerva helmeted, draped, standing front looking to the right, holding a spear in her right hand and resting her left hand on a shield. RIC.5-1334 (S)