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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 2233202, member: 82616"]The same seller who misattributed a rare 'o' mint Domitian denarius to Rome I shared with the group last week has done the same with this rare Taracco Vespasian denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]439389[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Tarraco mint, 70 AD</p><p>RIC 1302 (R), BMC 351A, RSC 5</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: CEASAR AVG F COS CAESAR AVG F PR; Heads of Titus, bare, r., and Domitian, bare, l., confronting</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian announced his intentions of founding a dynasty to the Senate - "My successor shall be my son or no one at all." He struck coins to advertise the fact and the type with confronting heads of Titus and Domitian is one of the more blatant examples of this. The type is most commonly encountered from Rome, however, a much rare example of the type was struck at Tarraco in Spain. They can be distinguished from Rome by style and the use of dots in the legend. It can be difficult to sort these Spanish denarii out from the Rome examples because at this early stage Rome did not have a standard style. My coin is a reverse die match with the Gemini X, lot 733 specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm really starting to like this seller![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 2233202, member: 82616"]The same seller who misattributed a rare 'o' mint Domitian denarius to Rome I shared with the group last week has done the same with this rare Taracco Vespasian denarius. [ATTACH=full]439389[/ATTACH] AR Denarius Tarraco mint, 70 AD RIC 1302 (R), BMC 351A, RSC 5 Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r. Rev: CEASAR AVG F COS CAESAR AVG F PR; Heads of Titus, bare, r., and Domitian, bare, l., confronting Vespasian announced his intentions of founding a dynasty to the Senate - "My successor shall be my son or no one at all." He struck coins to advertise the fact and the type with confronting heads of Titus and Domitian is one of the more blatant examples of this. The type is most commonly encountered from Rome, however, a much rare example of the type was struck at Tarraco in Spain. They can be distinguished from Rome by style and the use of dots in the legend. It can be difficult to sort these Spanish denarii out from the Rome examples because at this early stage Rome did not have a standard style. My coin is a reverse die match with the Gemini X, lot 733 specimen. I'm really starting to like this seller![/QUOTE]
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