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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3589022, member: 82616&quot;]I was quite happy when this Vespasian <i>as</i> struck at Lyon arrived in the mail last week.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]958807[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ As, 9.42g</p><p>Lyon mint, 77-78 AD</p><p>RIC 1235 (C). BMC 846 var.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.; globe at point of bust</p><p>Rev: PROVIDENT in exergue; S C in field; Garlanded Altar</p><p>Acquired from Kölner, June 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>Late in Vespasian&#039;s reign the mint at Lyon (ancient Lugdunum) struck a fairly large issue of bronze at a time when the mint at Rome was winding down its own bronze production. Presumably this late issue was produced to address a shortage of bronze coinage in the Western provinces. Many of the types were recycled from earlier issues from both Rome and Lyon. The common PROVIDENT altar type was sometimes struck at Lyon with a decorative garland, as seen on this example. Although this variant is not rare, surprisingly it is missing from the BM collection. Although the type is commonly described as an altar, Marvin Tameanko convincingly argued it is actually a sacellum, or small shrine. Originally, Tiberius struck the Provident altar type for Divus Augustus. It was later revived during the recent Civil War and was struck by both Galba and Vitellius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenanced to an old &#039;South German collection from the 1920s to the 1950s&#039;, it came with the original envelope.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]958818[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your coins with old envelopes or tickets![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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