A fantastic coin! The portrait is indeed very idealised, very much like those struck for Domitian.
I don't have the article in hand, only what Warren quoted from it. This is the one reference that is cited though - 'Circolazione Monetale--etc....
While doing separate research tonight on Flavian quadrantes, I came across @Valentinian's wonderful page on the subject....
Very nice! An elegant portrait. I forgot the auction house is in Australia and a day ahead of me, so I missed out on the lot I was going after!...
Interesting you should mention precursor phenomena before the main eruption. The volcanic evidence does show there was indeed a small initial ash...
It probably ended up in the Naples National Archaeological Museum coin cabinet.
It is a bit odd. I would love to see a break down of what coins types were catalogued from the hoard.
There are coins of Domitian in the hoard, which can only be ones of him as Caesar under either Vespasian or Titus. He wouldn't become emperor...
While recently reading R. Hobbs' Currency and Exchange in Ancient Pompeii, I came across this fascinating table. It's a list of 1,385 coins found...
Congrats on your new purchase. I bet it looks nice in hand.
OK, again I'm cheating here. A Vitellian-like Vespasian. [ATTACH]Vespasian AR Denarius, 2.82g Rome Mint, January - June 70 AD RIC 21 (C). BMC...
The clasped hands FIDES PVBLICA refers to concord (a holdover attribute from the recent Civil War), the caduceus for commercial prosperity, and...
Fides with agrarian attributes. Good faith in the corn supply. Very nice!
I recently won this dupondius on eBay for way less than the price of a meal at a nice Italian restaurant. It helped I was the only bidder!...
A BIG pet peeve of mine with a lot of films and TV programmes that are set in ancient Rome is the common trope that Christians were a fairly...
And might I add to this excellent post Doug Smith's pages on grading. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/grade.html *EDIT* If I had...
You had my attention at flyspecking. Great post.
A great film, but bad history.
I've seen the other two series recommended in my Netflix feed but never watched them because they look fairly sensationalistic. Suetonius...
Of course your coin is better off without that fake crud. Too bad it wasn't genuine dirt.
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