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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2895858, member: 82616&quot;]I was really excited to receive this unpublished Vespasian denarius yesterday (although a fellow CTer beat me to it).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]696523[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b> </p><p>AR Denarius, 2.54g</p><p>Ephesus mint, 71 AD</p><p>RIC 1425 var., BMC - , RSC - , RPC -</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: PACI AVGVSTAE; Victory adv. l., with wreath and palm; at lower l., BY</p><p>Ex Savoca Coins, eBay, October 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p>An unpublished Victory adv. left for Vespasian&#039;s Ephesian Group 5 denarii. A unique specimen with Victory adv. right is cited in RIC II.1 (RIC 1425) for the group. A second Victory left specimen, a double die match with mine, has been noted in [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]&#039;s collection. With the appearance of these two coins both Victory types can now be attested for Group 5. Tentatively the type will be considered a variant of RIC 1425 until it is officially assigned a place in the upcoming Addenda. It should be noted that COS III denarii are seen much more commonly with the EPHE mintmark where both Victory types are already attested. Generally speaking, denarii dated COS III with the BY mintmark are so rare that Mattingly in BMCRE II doubted many of the standard Ephesian types existed for the group. However, he did note a COS III Victory left with an unclear mintmark, citing Cohen 279 (BMC II p. 94, note).</p><p><br /></p><p>Share your unpublished gems![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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