Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3057002, member: 75525&quot;]I received an interesting coin Monday thanks to Ken Dorney. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]766092[/ATTACH] </p><p>The auction ended Friday the 13th and arrived Monday. That was a quick trip from California to Texas!</p><p>I was <u>not</u> in the market for a second coin from a large issue of coins (Crawford estimates 988 obverse dies). I found over 200 examples of Cr. 342/5b on line before I stopped looking. I have a similar coin that I bought in 2006. It is the second coin on my RR spreadsheet. The artwork is far from the best on RR coins. But..... [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER]&nbsp; is a good salesman! He mentioned an unpublished control mark: &quot;This type unrecorded with any [reverse] control marks.&quot;, and the hook was set. </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Silver Denarius, Rome, C Vibius Cf Pansa, 90 BC, unpublished reverse control mark</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right, [control mark?] before, PANSA behind. Crawford says that this coin should have a control mark before Apollo’s chin. I see no signs of a control mark there, but the coin is off center and it could be just a bit outside the flan. Grueber in BMCRR mentions several different obverse symbols (dolphin, palm branch, prow, etc); Roman numbers; Latin letters; Greek letters and letters with dots.</p><p>Reverse: Minerva driving quadriga right holding reins and scepter, R control mark below, [C] VIBIVS CF in exergue. Crawford and other RR coin books do not mention a reverse control mark. The mark could be an L., R or a reversed lambdia that should have gone on the obverse. </p><p>Cr - 342/5b</p><p>BMCRR – Rome 2244 - 2307</p><p>Syd - 684</p><p>Bab / RSC - Vibia1</p><p>4.25 grams - The weight of 66 examples I found on line and in books was 3.8 grams. My example was the heaviest.</p><p>18mm</p><p><br /></p><p>This type unrecorded with control marks on the reverse.</p><p>I found two other examples of a reverse control mark. The coins:</p><p>1.&nbsp; My coin – Obverse symbol off flan or none. Reverse symbol L. or something else.</p><p>2.&nbsp; British museum, #342.5.24. The BMCRR on line coin was purchased through Sotheby&#039;s (30/5/1842) from Dr Nott. It has a palm frond control mark on the obverse and the reverse mark is similar to this coin.</p><p>3.&nbsp; Grueber in BMCRR shows a coin with an obverse mark of L.I. (Plate xxxvi, #11). The reverse of this coin has what looks like L. below the horses and above the exergue line.</p><p>Neither of the examples mention the reverse mark in the written description.</p><p><br /></p><p>The BM on line example.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]766097[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My coin shown with the BMCRR example.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]766099[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]766098[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in