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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2448799, member: 82616&quot;]Call me an obsessive, but I just had to have this minor variant.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]511627[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Ephesus Mint, 71 AD</p><p>RIC 1434 (R), BMC 459 var., RSC 293 var., RPC 835 (14 spec.) var.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: PACI ORB TERR AVG; Bust of woman, draped, wearing crown of towers, r.; EPHE in l. field</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC, alone among the major references, assigns a separate catalogue number to this rare variant with the mint mark behind the reverse bust. It&#039;s much more common to find the mint mark below bust. This variant seems to have been struck at a ratio of 1:10 compared with the common variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian&#039;s Ephesian series could keep a Flavian collector busy for several lifetimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your Vespasians, minor variants, or Ephesian gems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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