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<p>[QUOTE="Claudius_Gothicus, post: 6966957, member: 116315"]Wow, that's a fantastic discovery! I'm sure it must be very satisfying to have it in your collection; it certainly deserves to be in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few coins that might be unique, though I've already shown them before, so I hope nobody will find it boring if I post them again;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273653[/ATTACH]</p><p>This Volusian is in the same situation as your Titus; at Antioch, Gallus and his son share most reverses, with one of the exceptions being AEQVITAS AVGG, a very rare variant of the common AEQVITAS AVG, which was only known for Gallus. My coin appears to be the only recorded example that belongs, instead, to Volusian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273657[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273658[/ATTACH]</p><p>These two antoniniani of Claudius II are apparently unique in the sense that these busts were previously known for other reverses belonging to the same issues, but not with these ones in particular, making them unrecorded variants but not outright new types.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Claudius_Gothicus, post: 6966957, member: 116315"]Wow, that's a fantastic discovery! I'm sure it must be very satisfying to have it in your collection; it certainly deserves to be in it. I have a few coins that might be unique, though I've already shown them before, so I hope nobody will find it boring if I post them again; [ATTACH=full]1273653[/ATTACH] This Volusian is in the same situation as your Titus; at Antioch, Gallus and his son share most reverses, with one of the exceptions being AEQVITAS AVGG, a very rare variant of the common AEQVITAS AVG, which was only known for Gallus. My coin appears to be the only recorded example that belongs, instead, to Volusian. [ATTACH=full]1273657[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1273658[/ATTACH] These two antoniniani of Claudius II are apparently unique in the sense that these busts were previously known for other reverses belonging to the same issues, but not with these ones in particular, making them unrecorded variants but not outright new types.[/QUOTE]
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