Volusian, Perga in Pamphilia, AE 31 mm, 19.81 g. I found on RPC only one specimen known. Because the picture above was too small, I took another one with my smartphone, cropped it and sent it to RPC. They added it to the page : https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1117A Proud !!! Are there here people who did the same with their very rare (or unique) specimens?
I have not, although I have a bunch of coins for which there are one or few examples RPC. I assumed if they came from auctions then RPC would know about them and copy the listing if they wanted. Looks like that isn't always the case, so thanks for the heads-up. I'll send the info to RPC, especially if my examples are better than the ones list (or at least if the pictures show the coin better).
Good addition. This is one of the aspects that fascinated me in ancient coin collecting - you can get very rare/unique coins - and sometimes without paying much. I have some examples - and to be perfectly honest I realized this after buying them, the reason for buying was I simply liked the coins or matched my areas. First example was a Trajan quadrans Although this series with Trajan portrait and she wolf appears often in auctions But with the obverse legend IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P is quite rare with only 3 specimens in Woytek and without a photo in OCRE (I am not sure if coins can be submitted in OCRE) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.693?lang=en I have submitted 2 coins to be documented (but not in RPC). First was this Nikopolis. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/offer-attributing-of-nikopolis-coins.334530/page-5 @Jochen1 added this in "Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov, The Coinage of Nikopolis ad Istrum" Addenda #8 as the depicted coin in the book was worn and also it is not in AMNG or Varbanov. The most recent one was a surprise, I wanted to add an Istrus coin for a while but could not find one that would fit the combo good quality+affordable price. This was perfect. Moesia. Istrus circa 280 - 256/255 BC Obol or Trihemiobol AR 12 mm, 0,77 g Facing male heads, the left one inverted / IΣTΡIH, Sea-eagle left on dolphin, ΔI beneath dolphin. Dima, Tabelul III, Grupa IV, Subgrupa VII, II – Pl XXI, 10 Identifying subdivisions can be tricky and AMNG is not the perfect resource for it. I identified it with CT help and submitted it also on Wildwinds as it was not present - new entry Dima III-VII, II
@ambr0zie Your Nikopolis coin of Severus with Herakles on reverse is listed in the new Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2021) under No. 8.14.14.46 Best regards
Nice coin! RPC's online database lists 47,007 entries at the present time. I wonder how many (hundreds? thousands?) are represented by just 1 or 2 specimens. I submitted this one to them some time ago, a new reverse type for Commodus at Philippopolis, and for now the only one. COMMODUS AE30. 18.71g, 30.4mm. THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 187. Caecilius Maternus (legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae). Varbanov -; SNG Cop -; BMC -; Corpus Nummorum Online -; RPC Online IV.1 temp 11896/1 (this coin). O: AV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ Μ[ΑΤ]ΕΡΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠ/ΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Heracles standing right, nude but for lion skin draped over left arm, holding club set on ground in right hand.
Congrats! That is a great coin. I have added a number of coins to RPC over the last few years including some extremely rare examples. It is always fun to have a coin published in a reference such as RPC.
