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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 8250555, member: 83175"]A few months ago I mentioned that the official video for Whipping Boy's best song (according to me, at least) was no longer on YouTube, but it's back, via Vevo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]nWlpoA5YVpU[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's my latest coin - a fairly scarce denarius of an uncertain moneyer - probably a Lucius Volumnius. The gens of the moneyer isn't certain as the abbreviation to VOL leaves a few possbilities beyond Volumnia - he may have been a Volteia or a Volcatia. As there is a reference to a Lucius Volumnius, son of Lucius from the right period, this is the person favoured by Crawford.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse of this coin has control letter F - this is known from three dies. Some other letters from A to L exist. A is known from three dies also, the others from only one die. Crawford knew of 13 dies in total and lists no examples for B & C. I found a B on coryssa.org, so probably there are 14 dies. There may be a C somewhere too, of course. Crawford lists 15 reverse dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this coin on Tuesday, 8th March 2022 in a CGB auction. I was billed late on Tuesday night and paid around midnight. I had the coin in my hands on Thursday, 10th March at around 2PM! Well done CGB & DHL for fast delivery from Paris to Ireland.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moneyer: L. Volumnius Strabo</p><p>Obv.: F - Laureate head of Jupiter right; behind, control mark</p><p>Rev.: Europa seated on bull charging left; behind, winged thunderbolt; below, ivy-leaf</p><p>Exergue: L·VOL·L·F·STRAB</p><p>Mint: Rome (81 BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 3.78g / 19mm / 12h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>RSC 6 (Volteia)</li> <li>Sydenham 743</li> <li>Crawford 377/1</li> <li>BMCRR Rome 3144</li> </ul><p>Acquisition: CGB Online auction Live Mars 2022 #brm_718064 8-Mar-2022</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr377_1_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr377_1_Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 8250555, member: 83175"]A few months ago I mentioned that the official video for Whipping Boy's best song (according to me, at least) was no longer on YouTube, but it's back, via Vevo: [MEDIA=youtube]nWlpoA5YVpU[/MEDIA] And here's my latest coin - a fairly scarce denarius of an uncertain moneyer - probably a Lucius Volumnius. The gens of the moneyer isn't certain as the abbreviation to VOL leaves a few possbilities beyond Volumnia - he may have been a Volteia or a Volcatia. As there is a reference to a Lucius Volumnius, son of Lucius from the right period, this is the person favoured by Crawford. The obverse of this coin has control letter F - this is known from three dies. Some other letters from A to L exist. A is known from three dies also, the others from only one die. Crawford knew of 13 dies in total and lists no examples for B & C. I found a B on coryssa.org, so probably there are 14 dies. There may be a C somewhere too, of course. Crawford lists 15 reverse dies. I bought this coin on Tuesday, 8th March 2022 in a CGB auction. I was billed late on Tuesday night and paid around midnight. I had the coin in my hands on Thursday, 10th March at around 2PM! Well done CGB & DHL for fast delivery from Paris to Ireland. Moneyer: L. Volumnius Strabo Obv.: F - Laureate head of Jupiter right; behind, control mark Rev.: Europa seated on bull charging left; behind, winged thunderbolt; below, ivy-leaf Exergue: L·VOL·L·F·STRAB Mint: Rome (81 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.78g / 19mm / 12h References: [LIST] [*]RSC 6 (Volteia) [*]Sydenham 743 [*]Crawford 377/1 [*]BMCRR Rome 3144 [/LIST] Acquisition: CGB Online auction Live Mars 2022 #brm_718064 8-Mar-2022 [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr377_1_Obv.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr377_1_Rev.jpg[/IMG] ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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