A Coin that Ticks Boxes

As I discovered when I bought the coin, Emmett actually doesn't list this type for Hadrian's Year 22, for reasons unknown. I was able to find only a few examples of Year 22 on acsearch, including one in the catalog of the Triton XXI auction of the Staffieri Collection of Alexandrian coins in 2018, Lot 92 at p. 53, describing it as a "Rare regnal year for this type." A far, far superior example to mine, especially the obverse!

 

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Maybe Emmett 879.22 p48?

 

A coin that ticked some important boxes for me, in fact the one that made me switch completely to ancients:

RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 986

- reverse with an animal
- period/emperor I like
- budget friendly.

 

Although not perfect, these two coins ticked off some very important boxes for me and one was a gift from another CT member:

LIVIA
AE Dupondius
OBVERSE: IVSTITIA, draped bust of Livia as Justitia right, wearing stephane
REVERSE: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST, around large SC
Restoration issue under Titus.
Rome, AD 80-81
9.9g, 27mm
Cohen 9, RIC II 424 (Titus), BMC 289 (Titus), Komnick 15
Modern stamp, 7 over 36 on obverse

OTACILIA SEVERA
Æ Sestertius
OBVERSE: MARCIA OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust right
REVERSE: SAECVLARES AVGG, SC in ex, Hippopotamus standing right, head raised
Struck at Rome, 248 AD
18.6g, 30mm
RIC 200a, Cohen 65
ex Warren Esty

And then there is this one. I doubt I will ever find a better example that is affordable:

MARCUS ANTONIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow
REVERSE: LEG IIII, legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae 32-31 BC
3.3g, 17mm
RSC 29; Syd 1220, Cr544/16

 

Everytime I buy a coin it has to tick some boxes. I don't care that much is the coin is rare, it needs to fill a gap.
This is why I don't think I'll buy too many 4th century coins, even if there are plenty, but for me there is no box labelled "4th century"

Cilicia, Tarsos, Otacilia Severa
Boxes -
- large provincial (30 mm)
- empress - and my only coin with Otacilia so far
- budget friendly (a box that's very important for me)

 

Many thanks @Sulla80 I hope you find a nice one soon.