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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 7384507, member: 15481"]Congrats with the new coin, and thank you for an interesting post. Good to see the different portrait styles!</p><p>Here’s the Rome version of the winged caduceus reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1285490[/ATTACH] </p><p>Vespasian 69-79 AD. Denarius, Rome 74 AD</p><p>Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG. Laureate head right.</p><p>Reverse: PON MAX TR P COS V. Winged caduceus.</p><p>Reference: RIC² 703. RIC 1 75</p><p>Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 3.32g. Condition: Very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for coins where the attribution is contested, here’s one that I’m looking into now:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1285491[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It was sold as:</p><p>«Justinian I (527-565), Solidus, Rome, AD 542-549; AV (g 4,48; 20,4 mm ; h 6); Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger, shield over shoulder, Rv. Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; on r., star. DOC 320e; Sear 291.»</p><p><br /></p><p>But could just as well have been described as:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1285493[/ATTACH] </p><p>«JUSTINIAN I (527-565). GOLD Solidus. Constantinople</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif. Rev: VICTORIA AVGGG H / CONOB. Angel standing facing, holding globus cruciger and long staff surmounted by staurogram; star to right. Sear 140.»</p><p><br /></p><p>When searching auction archives, it has so far been difficult to find consistency. Sear uses «spread style» to distinguish between the Rome mint and Constantinople. Doc uses the pellets or lack of pellets in the breast plate to distinguish (in that case this coin is from Constantinople). B.M.C doesn’t assign this type to Rome at all. So I’m studying this coin a bit for the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 7384507, member: 15481"]Congrats with the new coin, and thank you for an interesting post. Good to see the different portrait styles! Here’s the Rome version of the winged caduceus reverse: [ATTACH=full]1285490[/ATTACH] Vespasian 69-79 AD. Denarius, Rome 74 AD Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG. Laureate head right. Reverse: PON MAX TR P COS V. Winged caduceus. Reference: RIC² 703. RIC 1 75 Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 3.32g. Condition: Very fine. As for coins where the attribution is contested, here’s one that I’m looking into now: [ATTACH=full]1285491[/ATTACH] It was sold as: «Justinian I (527-565), Solidus, Rome, AD 542-549; AV (g 4,48; 20,4 mm ; h 6); Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger, shield over shoulder, Rv. Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; on r., star. DOC 320e; Sear 291.» But could just as well have been described as: [ATTACH=full]1285493[/ATTACH] «JUSTINIAN I (527-565). GOLD Solidus. Constantinople Obv: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif. Rev: VICTORIA AVGGG H / CONOB. Angel standing facing, holding globus cruciger and long staff surmounted by staurogram; star to right. Sear 140.» When searching auction archives, it has so far been difficult to find consistency. Sear uses «spread style» to distinguish between the Rome mint and Constantinople. Doc uses the pellets or lack of pellets in the breast plate to distinguish (in that case this coin is from Constantinople). B.M.C doesn’t assign this type to Rome at all. So I’m studying this coin a bit for the time.[/QUOTE]
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