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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 7797586, member: 82616"]Rare Flavian coins can be found quite easily in bronze. Types and variants are seemingly endless. My latest acquisition is one such coin - a scarce variant of a common reverse type. It pretty much went unnoticed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338872[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ Dupondius, 8.76g</p><p>Lyon mint, 77-78 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Head of Vespasian, radiate, r.; globe at point of bust</p><p>Rev: PAX AVG; S C in field; Pax stg. l., leaning on column, with caduceus and branch</p><p>RIC 1218A (R3). BMC -. BNC -.</p><p>Acquired from Aegean Numismatics, July 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 77-78 Lugdunum (modern Lyon) after a hiatus of several years struck a decently sized issue of bronze coinage, presumably to address a shortage in the Western provinces. The Pax leaning on column type was fleetingly struck on the dupondius for the issue. One unique laureate specimen is cited by RIC (#1219) and the unpublished <i>Addenda & Corrigenda </i>cites one unique radiate example (#1218A). This dupondius is the second known radiate specimen and a die match with coin cited in the <i>A&C</i>. The reverse is likely based on a well known cult image of Pax.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your run-of-the-mill rarities![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 7797586, member: 82616"]Rare Flavian coins can be found quite easily in bronze. Types and variants are seemingly endless. My latest acquisition is one such coin - a scarce variant of a common reverse type. It pretty much went unnoticed. [ATTACH=full]1338872[/ATTACH] [B]Vespasian[/B] Æ Dupondius, 8.76g Lyon mint, 77-78 AD Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Head of Vespasian, radiate, r.; globe at point of bust Rev: PAX AVG; S C in field; Pax stg. l., leaning on column, with caduceus and branch RIC 1218A (R3). BMC -. BNC -. Acquired from Aegean Numismatics, July 2021. In 77-78 Lugdunum (modern Lyon) after a hiatus of several years struck a decently sized issue of bronze coinage, presumably to address a shortage in the Western provinces. The Pax leaning on column type was fleetingly struck on the dupondius for the issue. One unique laureate specimen is cited by RIC (#1219) and the unpublished [I]Addenda & Corrigenda [/I]cites one unique radiate example (#1218A). This dupondius is the second known radiate specimen and a die match with coin cited in the [I]A&C[/I]. The reverse is likely based on a well known cult image of Pax. Feel free to share your run-of-the-mill rarities![/QUOTE]
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