Superb coin and great write-up! And of course it is good to see another recruit in the 'crack' army.
Caesarea Maritima's Jews were massacred by the city's Greek population at the beginning of the Jewish revolt. If there were any Jews remaining in...
I don't know why it took me so long to acquire an example of this most interesting type - a bronze coin celebrating the Roman victory in the...
My hunch is that there are very likely more of these out there, they just go unnoticed, just like your present example until we caught it!
It should be CENS, coin or die wear is the most likely explanation of why the letter 'S' is not fully struck up.
Nice catch Andrew! I think @Ancient Aussie is right to point out the similar features between Vespasian and Titus. The uncanny resemblance likely...
Nice write-up and great coin!
And to bring this tale full circle, @Orfew generously gifted me his former RIC 21! The kindness displayed on this forum is truly heart warming....
It's perfectly fine as is. Don't risk damaging it.
Very nice Andrew. I like the portrait on my RIC 441 too. [ATTACH]
Beautiful displays! Now all you need is one for your 'Judaea Capta'!
The obverse legend on your coin actually reads: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V CENS; it's a rare variant of the normal obv legend which reads...
Listed at a fairly cheap price, this is all I had to go by. A bad picture and a wrongly attributed slab. [ATTACH] It's actually a dupondius...
Yes, but for shear enjoyment and satisfaction I like the hammer better. :cigar:
I would've preferred 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', but the faddish nature of 'Hammer Time' suits a slab better. :angelic:
That really isn't a concern of mine. The inserts stay with my records.
Lately it seems I'm picking up more and more coins that are slabbed. I'm not looking for them, they just seem more abundant than before. So, I've...
Fantastic coin @Ryro! Possibly of interest: https://monstertalk.skeptic.com/the-key-to-the-legend-of-the-map-monsters An episode from one of my...
Which is why he would have flipped his wig (pun intended) if he saw that coin! :cigar:
An interesting postscript: Curiously, in the RIC concordance with the first edition, this type is listed as old RIC 17 'Unverified: plated...
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