I've added my first coin to RPC and you can bet it's a one of a kind MSC

Last week I scored a rarity not listed in RPC (Roman Provincial Coins). I looked and searched everywhere and couldn't find another of the type. It would be superfluous to say I didn't know the type existed. But even similar types (left and right facing horses without star above and 1 left facing with star above, that they didn't even have a picture of) total 10!
Never seen the type online, at auction etc.
Scrolling through fleebay, as there aren't any auctions getting me excited and low and behold,

Something new appears
They only list one similar example and don't even have a picture... except my horse is facing right.
The seller noted the symbol above the horse but still assigned it to a different type without star above:

Macedon, Koinon 1st Century AD AE 14 x 15 mm, 1.95 gr
Macedonian shield with inscription around, ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ / Horse prancing rt with raised foreleg, star above
RPC 1 1625A
Singular example


Here's the brand new RPC:
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1625A

Adding to the excitement is the fact that I believe these were the coins Macedonia made while the emperors fought and sorted it out during the year of the 4 (don't want to put the image of the WRONG guy on your provinces coins).

Listed directly next to this type are the Victory on globe MSCs. The image of victory on the globe was a hallmark during this time period ( @Alegandron has a cherry example) and the shield style used is similar to the ones used with the emperors.

Here's a couple versions of those:

Pseudo-autonomous issue, 1st century AD. (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.97 g), Beroia. Macedonian shield. Rev. MΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Nike standing to left on globe, holding wreath with the extended right hand and palm branch with the left. SNG Cop. 1331. SNG ANS.-. RPC -. Unusual and rare; a very interesting exampleA very interesting and scarce emission of the Macedonian Koinon
MACEDON. Koinon of Macedon. Ex: Munzzentrum


MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Claudius to Nero, AD 41-68. Æ Assarion (13.1mm, 2.30 g, 12h). Beroea mint. Nike, holding wreath and palm frond, alighting left / Macedonian shield. RPC I 1621. VF
Ex Marc Breitsprecher purchased Jan 2022

And one after Vespasian had picked up all the pieces:

Vespasian
MAKEDON. Koinon . ( 69 - 79 AD). Ae. Obv: Laureate head left . ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ [ΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ] ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ. Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ. Makedonian Shield. RPC 333. SNG COP. 1336. Rare. Condition: Extremely Fine. Weight: 8.82 g. Diameter: 23 mm. Purchased from: Papillon

Whether my hypothesis is wrong, right or even provable aside I just added a little more clarity on the coins of Macedon during the early imperial period in Rome.






Have any of you added to RPC, have any unique coins, I'll never kick an MSC out of a thread of mine or anything on topic

 

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Way cool, @Ryro! You've contributed to the body of Roman Provincial literature! WTG!

I had a similar experience, as you know. This one may not look like much but it's the only known example. It too is now the "plate coin" at RPC:


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial Æ 5.84 g, 22.0 mm, 7 h.
Bithynia-Pontus, Apamea.
Obv: FAUST[INAC AUG], draped bust of Faustina II, right.
Rev: UЄNU[S ... C]ICA dd, Venus seated right, head left, on dolphin swimming left, resting right arm on dolphin, uncertain object in left hand.
Refs: RPC IV.1, 11815 (temporary); Waddington RG --; BMC --; Sear --; Mionnet Suppl 5 --; Lindgren --; Wiczay --.
Notes: Previously unpublished. Obverse die match to Waddington RG, pl. XXXIX.1, which has a Neptune reverse type.

 

Very cool @Ryro, congrats on getting that published and on a unique new pickup.

I can share my RPC “plate” coin of Vespasian from Antioch, though I can’t take credit for submitting this one.

Vespasian, Antioch, 'Dupondius' (AE, 26 mm, 15.71 g). Laureate head of Vespasian to left./ Rev. Large S C within laurel wreath. McAlee 362b, RPC II 2009 (this coin illustrated).
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2009


Separately, in the picture you posted with the 4 emperors, maybe it’s just me but it really looks like Vitellius is a farmer wearing blue overalls and I can’t unsee that now

 

Congratulations, @Ryro!

I must say I had exactly the same thought as @Shea19: who's the hillbilly in photo # 3 in the blue denim overalls with his undershirt showing?

 

..hey...that's what i saw 2! ..kool coin @Ryro and congrats!

 

..smile when you say that Donna

 

What an amazing story AND in your favorite area
Here's some dolphin riders and dolphins, riding into RPC, jk, to go along with yours:

Caria, Iasos
250-190 BCE
AE 17 mm, 5.78 gm
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right (looking remarkably like the remarkable Ryro)
Rev: Hermias swimming with dolphin
Ref: SNG Tubingen 3397; Klein 520




Scythia. Olbia circa 437-410 BC.
Cast dolphin Æ, 21 mm, 1,20 g
Dolphin left / OY on blank surface. Anokhin 180. SNG BM Black Sea 369. nearly very fine. Purchased from Savoca June 2021



Sarmatia, Olbia
Cast Bronze Dolphin Proto-Coinage, c. 425-350 BC, 18 mm, 0,95 g
2021 Elkowicz

Ps, and like you I understand that my coin is both humble yet substantial like yours
@Shea19 the OX neck of that showstopper Vespasian is a reminder why nobody the Flavian dynasty lasted so long.

And is that a pink over the shoulder bolder holder on old, rugged and reliable Galba???
I've always liked guys like Galba and Pertinax.

 

I will be sure to do so, next time! I'm sorry I offended you, @ominus1. All my knowledge comes from Deliverance. And Winter's Bone. What would be the appropriate terminology for a person such as the fine gentleman in overalls?

 

...hillbilly....

 

...i might invite you to a barn dance Donna, if you don't mind wearin' our type o clothes...

 

@Shea19 and @Ryro Besides running an Empire, he also starred on Hee Haw:



@ominus1 remember him?

 

...BR-549

 

LOL, awesome skits!

 

Yeah, no, I don't think so! Not my style.

 

ahaha!..ok...

 

Coingrats on achieving collecting immortality, @Ryro !

My only claim to such rarity is an unpublished variety of an Agathokles bronze, but it's Greek and I never contacted Wildwinds.


And that dress is a nightmare, @ominus1 ! If I was a girl, no way I'd dance with you dressed like that!

 

Feels good to add to something like RPC. Congrats on acquiring it @Ryro!

 

Congrats on that unique MSC! Always cool when we're able to adopt the only specimen of a coin type to survive the ages, and even cooler when we can contribute it for posterity to a database like RPC.

This Commodus from Philippopolis appears to be the only example of its type. It was unrecorded prior to my sending it over to RPC.

COMMODUS
AE30. 18.71g, 30.4mm. THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 187. Caecilius Maternus (legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae). Varbanov -; Mouchmov -; 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 Ryro, and nice coin.
this Commodus of mine is one of two online and the only one pictured.

AUGUSTA TRAIANA. Commodus, 177 - 192 ADAUGUSTA TRAIANA. Commodus, 177 - 192 AD
AUGUSTA TRAIANA. Commodus, 177 - 192 AD AE ø 27mm (19.57g). 191-192 AD Governor Lucius Aemilius Iustus. Obv .: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ, draped bust with laurel wreath rev ΗΓΕ Λ ΑΙΜ ΙΟΥΣΤ ΑΥΓΟΥ / ΣΤΗΣ ΤΡΑΙ-ΑΝΗΣ, Stadttor. Varbanov, GIC II -; RPC online IV.1 10823. This coin. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10823

 

RyP coll. FTW!!

I have a few I should submit to RPC. Here's one:

The nearest is 7806, which lacks the altar. Not sure if this would get a new number or just be recorded as a variety.