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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3711239, member: 10461"]Nice pickup! Are you a Capricorn yourself? I am. Not that that means anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the type, and will take any excuse offered to post mine again. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Roman Empire: silver denarius of Vespasian, struck by Titus ca. 80-81 AD</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/7MwEQAsNurQ38hMIkqRR" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/7MwEQAsNurQ38hMIkqRR" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/AFuIaxFNRhqV5MtVC2D7_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-800x500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" rel="nofollow">Vespasian</a> right.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse: </b>Two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)" rel="nofollow">capricorns</a> supporting shield inscribed <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=senatus%20consulto" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=senatus%20consulto" rel="nofollow">S C</a>, celestial globe below.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuing authority: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus" rel="nofollow">Titus</a>, Roman emperor (79-81 AD).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Composition, diameter, weight: </b>Silver, 19.3 mm, 3.541 g, die axis 180 degrees.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade, certification:</b> NGC AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, cert. #<a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4280918-004/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4280918-004/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">4280918-004</a>. Purchased raw.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference attribution: </b>RIC II-1 Titus 357; RSC II 497; BMCRE II 129; BnF III 101; SRCV I 2569 (per Forum Ancient Coins).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance:</b> Forum Ancient Coins, 27 November 2015<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=&vpar=401&zpg=86771&fld=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=&vpar=401&zpg=86771&fld=" rel="nofollow">*</a>. Prior provenance to Jeff Michniak Collection.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Notes:</b> This is a posthumous Vespasian commemorative, struck by Titus after Vespasian's consecration with the title "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian#Death_(79)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian#Death_(79)" rel="nofollow">Divus</a>". Vespasian had foreseen this deification, and famously quipped on his deathbed, "<i>Vae, puto deus fio</i>." ("Dear me, I think I'm becoming a god".)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Forum Ancient Coins called this coin <i>“the nicest example of this type handled by Forum to date”. </i>An only marginally nicer <a href="https://www.sixbid.com/en/numismatica-ars-classica-zurich/2200/category/1873979/lot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid.com/en/numismatica-ars-classica-zurich/2200/category/1873979/lot" rel="nofollow">example</a> brought 1,300 CHF (approx. $1,340 USD) around the time I bought this one for less than a third as much.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Additional images:</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/AFuIaxFNRhqV5MtVC2D7_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-800x500.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/AFuIaxFNRhqV5MtVC2D7_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-800x500.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/AFuIaxFNRhqV5MtVC2D7_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-800x500.jpg?w=95&h=95" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/tUHhatkbTxOaE5QjETcM_NGC4280918-004_OBV.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/tUHhatkbTxOaE5QjETcM_NGC4280918-004_OBV.JPG" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/tUHhatkbTxOaE5QjETcM_NGC4280918-004_OBV.JPG?w=95&h=95" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/lPN1svLNSRi6xdZVA0l9_NGC4280918-004_REV.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/lPN1svLNSRi6xdZVA0l9_NGC4280918-004_REV.JPG" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/lPN1svLNSRi6xdZVA0l9_NGC4280918-004_REV.JPG?w=95&h=95" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/q645ydlRqyB2hke1pRff_03o.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/q645ydlRqyB2hke1pRff_03o.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/q645ydlRqyB2hke1pRff_03o.jpg?w=95&h=95" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/eY9P6DRTiyzOXXMdNzlp_03r.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/eY9P6DRTiyzOXXMdNzlp_03r.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/eY9P6DRTiyzOXXMdNzlp_03r.jpg?w=95&h=95" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/gQ2j03JTNCIbTOT3Ugnf_03.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/gQ2j03JTNCIbTOT3Ugnf_03.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/gQ2j03JTNCIbTOT3Ugnf_03.jpg?w=95&h=95" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/rEE5NdlSLhLmGfbvXGMg_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-lg.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/rEE5NdlSLhLmGfbvXGMg_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-lg.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/rEE5NdlSLhLmGfbvXGMg_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-lg.jpg?w=95&h=95" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3711239, member: 10461"]Nice pickup! Are you a Capricorn yourself? I am. Not that that means anything. I love the type, and will take any excuse offered to post mine again. :) [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Roman Empire: silver denarius of Vespasian, struck by Titus ca. 80-81 AD[/B] [URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/7MwEQAsNurQ38hMIkqRR'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/AFuIaxFNRhqV5MtVC2D7_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-800x500.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]Obverse:[/B] DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian']Vespasian[/URL] right. [B]Reverse: [/B]Two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)']capricorns[/URL] supporting shield inscribed [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=senatus%20consulto']S C[/URL], celestial globe below. [B]Issuing authority: [/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus']Titus[/URL], Roman emperor (79-81 AD). [B]Composition, diameter, weight: [/B]Silver, 19.3 mm, 3.541 g, die axis 180 degrees. [B]Grade, certification:[/B] NGC AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, cert. #[URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4280918-004/NGCAncients/']4280918-004[/URL]. Purchased raw. [B]Reference attribution: [/B]RIC II-1 Titus 357; RSC II 497; BMCRE II 129; BnF III 101; SRCV I 2569 (per Forum Ancient Coins). [B]Provenance:[/B] Forum Ancient Coins, 27 November 2015[URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=&vpar=401&zpg=86771&fld=']*[/URL]. Prior provenance to Jeff Michniak Collection. [B]Notes:[/B] This is a posthumous Vespasian commemorative, struck by Titus after Vespasian's consecration with the title "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian#Death_(79)']Divus[/URL]". Vespasian had foreseen this deification, and famously quipped on his deathbed, "[I]Vae, puto deus fio[/I]." ("Dear me, I think I'm becoming a god".) Forum Ancient Coins called this coin [I]“the nicest example of this type handled by Forum to date”. [/I]An only marginally nicer [URL='https://www.sixbid.com/en/numismatica-ars-classica-zurich/2200/category/1873979/lot']example[/URL] brought 1,300 CHF (approx. $1,340 USD) around the time I bought this one for less than a third as much. [B]Additional images:[/B] [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/AFuIaxFNRhqV5MtVC2D7_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-800x500.jpg'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/AFuIaxFNRhqV5MtVC2D7_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-800x500.jpg?w=95&h=95[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/tUHhatkbTxOaE5QjETcM_NGC4280918-004_OBV.JPG'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/tUHhatkbTxOaE5QjETcM_NGC4280918-004_OBV.JPG?w=95&h=95[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/lPN1svLNSRi6xdZVA0l9_NGC4280918-004_REV.JPG'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/lPN1svLNSRi6xdZVA0l9_NGC4280918-004_REV.JPG?w=95&h=95[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/q645ydlRqyB2hke1pRff_03o.jpg'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/q645ydlRqyB2hke1pRff_03o.jpg?w=95&h=95[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/eY9P6DRTiyzOXXMdNzlp_03r.jpg'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/eY9P6DRTiyzOXXMdNzlp_03r.jpg?w=95&h=95[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/gQ2j03JTNCIbTOT3Ugnf_03.jpg'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/gQ2j03JTNCIbTOT3Ugnf_03.jpg?w=95&h=95[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/rEE5NdlSLhLmGfbvXGMg_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-lg.jpg'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/rEE5NdlSLhLmGfbvXGMg_VespasianCapricornDenarius-038600-coin-lg.jpg?w=95&h=95[/IMG][/URL][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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