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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8155168, member: 82616&quot;]Fantastic coin Donna! A real treasure. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a most unusual reverse type which I believe somehow ties in with the &#039;Eastern&#039; bronzes dated COS V which were struck at Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my denarius of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422836[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.27g</p><p>Rome Mint, 75 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r. </p><p>Rev: PON MAX TR P COS VI; Victory, draped, holding wreath extended in r. hand and palm upright in l., standing l. on &#039;cista mystica&#039;, on either side of which is a snake, coiling up on it&#039;s tail, facing inwardly</p><p>RIC 776 (R). BMC 169. RSC 369. BNC 144.</p><p>Ex Harlan J. Berk 145, 14 September 2005, lot 232.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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