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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 26317664, member: 31620"]Not as nice, nor as scarce. I did own this one but parted with it when slimming down my collection some years back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian Dupondius</p><p>Obv:– IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, Radiate head right, globe on neck</p><p>Rev:– VICTORIA NAVALIS S - C, Victory standing right on prow, holding wreath and palm</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum. A.D. 70-71</p><p>References:– Cohen -. RIC II 481 var (Not listed in RIC with this bust and legend combination)</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional comments coutesy of Curtis Clay:-</p><p><br /></p><p>“A coin like yours, from the same obv. die, was in M&M's Voirol Sale of 1968, lot 385, ex Hall Sale, 1950, lot 1203. A second spec. from that same die pair is publ. by Giard, Lyon, 42/1a, pl. XLIII, Coll. Gricourt.</p><p>BMC 809 pl. 38.7 has obv. CAESAR not CAES and a broader portrait on shorter neck.</p><p>Paris doesn't have this type on a COS III dup. of Vesp. at Lugdunum, but their As, Paris 812 pl. LXVII, is from the same rev. die as your dupondius!</p><p>Obviously quite a scarce item, and an attractive specimen!”</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680312[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 26317664, member: 31620"]Not as nice, nor as scarce. I did own this one but parted with it when slimming down my collection some years back. Vespasian Dupondius Obv:– IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, Radiate head right, globe on neck Rev:– VICTORIA NAVALIS S - C, Victory standing right on prow, holding wreath and palm Minted in Lugdunum. A.D. 70-71 References:– Cohen -. RIC II 481 var (Not listed in RIC with this bust and legend combination) Additional comments coutesy of Curtis Clay:- “A coin like yours, from the same obv. die, was in M&M's Voirol Sale of 1968, lot 385, ex Hall Sale, 1950, lot 1203. A second spec. from that same die pair is publ. by Giard, Lyon, 42/1a, pl. XLIII, Coll. Gricourt. BMC 809 pl. 38.7 has obv. CAESAR not CAES and a broader portrait on shorter neck. Paris doesn't have this type on a COS III dup. of Vesp. at Lugdunum, but their As, Paris 812 pl. LXVII, is from the same rev. die as your dupondius! Obviously quite a scarce item, and an attractive specimen!” [ATTACH=full]1680312[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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