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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3717085, member: 75937"]Over the past quarter century, I've been accumulating a variety of Julia Domna coins by mint and reverse type. This one is a new acquisition. I found its reverse inscription amusing and I think the inscription -- not necessarily the figure of Vesta -- may have been engraved by a novice die-cutter. Notice the long crossbar of the T in VESTAE. I think the die cutter started too close to the S and then changed the angle a bit and started over, moving the downstroke of the T further away. Moreover, he seems to have started to engrave an S just to the right of Vesta's head, but realized he didn't have enough room because of the tip of the goddess's scepter. Lastly, he engraved an H instead of an N in SANCTAE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins with sloppy or erroneous inscriptions, Julia Domna, Vesta coins, or whatever you feel is relevant.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]996385[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.20 g, 19.1 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Uncertain eastern mint. (British museum currently attributes to Antiochia ad Orontem; formerly to Laodicea ad Mare), AD 196-202.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VESTAE SAHCTAE (sic), Vesta, veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and vertical scepter in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 648; BMCRE 622-24; Cohen/RSC 246; CRE 6614; CRE 419.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's a double die match to this one from a Freeman & Sear sale in 2010:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-vestae-sanctae-standing-denarius-laodicea-freeman-sear-jpg.993222/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3717085, member: 75937"]Over the past quarter century, I've been accumulating a variety of Julia Domna coins by mint and reverse type. This one is a new acquisition. I found its reverse inscription amusing and I think the inscription -- not necessarily the figure of Vesta -- may have been engraved by a novice die-cutter. Notice the long crossbar of the T in VESTAE. I think the die cutter started too close to the S and then changed the angle a bit and started over, moving the downstroke of the T further away. Moreover, he seems to have started to engrave an S just to the right of Vesta's head, but realized he didn't have enough room because of the tip of the goddess's scepter. Lastly, he engraved an H instead of an N in SANCTAE. Post your coins with sloppy or erroneous inscriptions, Julia Domna, Vesta coins, or whatever you feel is relevant. [ATTACH=full]996385[/ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman AR denarius, 3.20 g, 19.1 mm, 12 h. Uncertain eastern mint. (British museum currently attributes to Antiochia ad Orontem; formerly to Laodicea ad Mare), AD 196-202. Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: VESTAE SAHCTAE (sic), Vesta, veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and vertical scepter in left hand. Refs: RIC 648; BMCRE 622-24; Cohen/RSC 246; CRE 6614; CRE 419. It's a double die match to this one from a Freeman & Sear sale in 2010: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-vestae-sanctae-standing-denarius-laodicea-freeman-sear-jpg.993222/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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