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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4802132, member: 82616&quot;]My latest purchase gave me an odd sense of <i>déjà vu - </i>the reverse is identical to a denarius I purchased way back in 2004.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1166246[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ As, 10.35g</p><p>Rome mint, 71 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTI; S C in exergue; Victory adv. r. to place wreath on standard and holding palm</p><p>RIC 333 (R2). BMC -. BNC -.</p><p>Acquired from eBay, August 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>This rare As struck in 71 is the earliest Vespasianic appearance of Victory placing a wreath on a standard. The type would be more commonly struck for the denarius during Vespasian and Titus&#039;s joint consulship a year or so later. Often this Victory type is erroneously attributed as part of the &#039;Judaea Capta&#039; series. I think it can be correctly viewed as simply a generic Victory with no specific war in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>The type was unpublished until the its appearance in the new RIC II.1. A previous specimen in a 2007 CNG auction was mistakenly attributed a mule before the publication of the new RIC II.1. <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=109101#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=109101#" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=109101#</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The piece sold for $1200(!) likely because it was unique at the time and the supposed &#039;Judaea Capta&#039; connection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the same type identically reproduced on a denarius struck in 72, <i>sans </i>S C.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166247[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.42g</p><p>Rome Mint, 72-73 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESP A-VG P M COS IIII; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTI; Victory adv. r. to place wreath on standard and holding palm</p><p>RIC 362 (C2). BMC 74. RSC 618. BNC 60.</p><p>Acquired from Incitatus Coins, July 2004.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have you ever acquired a coin that gave you asimilar sense of <i>déjà vu</i>?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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