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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3961500, member: 82616&quot;]Last week I shared a rare Vespasian Concordia As in my &#039;Coining ritual&#039; thread. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-coining-ritual.351945/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-coining-ritual.351945/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-coining-ritual.351945/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The type is fairly rare on the As and is much more commonly seen on the dupondius. I realised soon after acquiring the piece I did not have an example of the dupondius Concordia. That oversight is now rectified.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043487[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ Dupondius, 13.83g</p><p>Rome mint, 71 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III; Head of Vespasian, radiate, r.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTI; S C in exergue; Concordia std. l., with patera and cornucopiae</p><p>RIC 266 (C). BMC 589. BNC 565.</p><p>Acquired from Romae Aeternae Numismatics, December 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>A very common Concordia dupondius struck for Vespasian during the great bronze issue of 71. This type comes in two variants: one with an altar and one without. Both have the same frequency rating of &#039;common&#039;. Mattingly in BMCRE speculated the type &#039;stands for harmony in the imperial house&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have any types that are rare on one denomination but common on another?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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