What an awesome coin! That is certainly a contender for my favourite reverse type struck for Caesarea. Congrats on your new acquisition!
I'm not entering the contest, but wanted to say nice score! That sure is a handsome coin lot. Question: Are the manila envelopes from Tom Cederlind?
Doug brings up a good point about separate mints striking the exact same type in different styles. Vespasian Rome. [ATTACH] Vespasian...
Now, that's a great example of pareidolia and cannot be unseen!
I would call them variants of the same reverse type and wouldn't consider them duplicates. Both of these Titus Caesar denarii are the same RIC...
There is a link to my Forvm gallery in my signature. Plenty of Vespasian 'mugs' to view there. Sorry, I don't have a higher grade obverse die match.
I'm afraid I don't have your hubris. There are portraits of Vespasian with a lot of hair and others showing him completely bald. The OP coin...
That is one beautiful denarius. Toning, style, strike ... all combine together to make a great looking coin with a lot of eye appeal.
Lovely coin @Okidoki ! I have an "Easter" coin that arrived this morning, but I'm currently staying with family and won't be able to do anything...
Well, you have the coin in hand and can see what is tooled. In any case, here is the original dealer's photo with the tooling marked. [ATTACH]...
I used to own that coin! When I discovered it was tooled I returned it and was refunded. Here is another specimen from the same obverse die....
It's the diverse mix of people and collecting interests that makes this place a little unique online numismatic cafe. Plus, if I'm having a bad...
What a sweet purchase! I would love to have such a coin!
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You've set a very high bar for the rest of the year!
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Interesting that you bring up die matching in such cases. The unique coin cited by RIC is not illustrated, so I'm unable to do so. I would not be...
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No, that reads 'TR P V' not 'VI'.
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