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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3336724, member: 75937"]Here's one that was listed at auction as RIC 10, but it's actually a bust variety of that coin, RIC 10a.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883882[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the various portrait types as listed in RIC:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]883883[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 10 is for portrait type (a), "head, laureate, r." RIC 10a is for portrait type (c), "bust, laureate, draped, r."</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883884[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The plate in the listing for RIC 10a depicts the aureus, not the denarius denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]884416[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 10a corresponds to Cohen 300 (aureus) and 301 (denarius), the bust of which is described as laureate and draped bust right as well. Cohen 302 is the denarius with the laureate head right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883885[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe Cohen's description of the bust is incorrect; it's not draped, but cuirassed. I suspect Mattingly lumped the aureus version of the coin, which does depict a laureate and draped bust, with the denarius version, calling them both RIC 10a, not realizing that the aureus and denarius versions of this coin have different bust types.</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin -- RIC 10a -- is listed in BMCRE4 as Commodus 4, with bust type (d), correctly characterized as "bust, laureate, cuirassed, r." (BMCRE 3 is the laureate head type, RIC 10):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883887[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1209136&partId=1&searchText=LIB+AVG+TR+P+V+IMP+IIII+COS+II+P+P+denarius&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1209136&partId=1&searchText=LIB+AVG+TR+P+V+IMP+IIII+COS+II+P+P+denarius&page=1" rel="nofollow">example in the British Museum</a> is very worn, but it demonstrates the same bust type as mine, laureate and cuirassed:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883888[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What's so special about this? Well, even though Cohen lists it as "common" (and so does RIC, following Cohen), the example in the British Museum is the <i>only</i> other example I can find online. All of the other examples of this particular coin are RIC 10; BMCRE 3; Cohen 302, with the laureate head type.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Commodus+10+Liberalitas&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Commodus+10+Liberalitas&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">seven examples</a> sold and archived at acsearchinfo, all with the laureate head. A search for Commodus 10a in particular yields only <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Commodus+10a+denarius&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Commodus+10a+denarius&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">two examples</a>, both of which are misattributed and have a laureate head. There are <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.com.10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.com.10" rel="nofollow">six examples</a> at OCRE, five of which are laureate head types and the other is the aforementioned British Museum specimen. The <a href="http://coinproject.com/search_emperor.php?emp=Commodus&city=&type=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinproject.com/search_emperor.php?emp=Commodus&city=&type=3" rel="nofollow">Coin Project</a> has no examples of either. Wildwinds has <a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/commodus/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/commodus/i.html" rel="nofollow">two examples</a>, both laureate head types.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, my coin appears to be a very scarce bust type when used with this particular reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flyspecking? Or is it genuine misattribution? You decide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3336724, member: 75937"]Here's one that was listed at auction as RIC 10, but it's actually a bust variety of that coin, RIC 10a. [ATTACH=full]883882[/ATTACH] Here are the various portrait types as listed in RIC: [ATTACH=full]883883[/ATTACH] RIC 10 is for portrait type (a), "head, laureate, r." RIC 10a is for portrait type (c), "bust, laureate, draped, r." [ATTACH=full]883884[/ATTACH] The plate in the listing for RIC 10a depicts the aureus, not the denarius denomination. [ATTACH=full]884416[/ATTACH] RIC 10a corresponds to Cohen 300 (aureus) and 301 (denarius), the bust of which is described as laureate and draped bust right as well. Cohen 302 is the denarius with the laureate head right. [ATTACH=full]883885[/ATTACH] I believe Cohen's description of the bust is incorrect; it's not draped, but cuirassed. I suspect Mattingly lumped the aureus version of the coin, which does depict a laureate and draped bust, with the denarius version, calling them both RIC 10a, not realizing that the aureus and denarius versions of this coin have different bust types. My coin -- RIC 10a -- is listed in BMCRE4 as Commodus 4, with bust type (d), correctly characterized as "bust, laureate, cuirassed, r." (BMCRE 3 is the laureate head type, RIC 10): [ATTACH=full]883887[/ATTACH] The [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1209136&partId=1&searchText=LIB+AVG+TR+P+V+IMP+IIII+COS+II+P+P+denarius&page=1']example in the British Museum[/URL] is very worn, but it demonstrates the same bust type as mine, laureate and cuirassed: [ATTACH=full]883888[/ATTACH] What's so special about this? Well, even though Cohen lists it as "common" (and so does RIC, following Cohen), the example in the British Museum is the [I]only[/I] other example I can find online. All of the other examples of this particular coin are RIC 10; BMCRE 3; Cohen 302, with the laureate head type. There were [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Commodus+10+Liberalitas&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=']seven examples[/URL] sold and archived at acsearchinfo, all with the laureate head. A search for Commodus 10a in particular yields only [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Commodus+10a+denarius&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=']two examples[/URL], both of which are misattributed and have a laureate head. There are [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.com.10']six examples[/URL] at OCRE, five of which are laureate head types and the other is the aforementioned British Museum specimen. The [URL='http://coinproject.com/search_emperor.php?emp=Commodus&city=&type=3']Coin Project[/URL] has no examples of either. Wildwinds has [URL='http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/commodus/i.html']two examples[/URL], both laureate head types. In short, my coin appears to be a very scarce bust type when used with this particular reverse. Flyspecking? Or is it genuine misattribution? You decide.[/QUOTE]
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