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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 4559645, member: 74968&quot;]I actually have several &quot;dream&quot; coins in my possession.</p><p><br /></p><p>First was a lifetime portrait denarius of Julius Caesar.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128734[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next was a nice Otho denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128735[/ATTACH]</p><p>Then a very rare dynastic Vitellius with the father of the emperor on the reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128738[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Because I already owned a Tiberius quadriga reverse I finally found the Augustus version with Tiberius mentioned and pictured on the reverse. It took a few years to grab one of these. Please note the 2 horses on the reverse looking backward. This makes the coin RIC 224 instead of 222 without the horses looking back.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128741[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There are only 2 denarii types of Vespasian that feature a left bare headed bust. One is RIC 853. I know of the existence of 8 of these so far. Then there is my coin. It is RIC 773. I know of only 2 of these. I have one and [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] has the other. My coin is the RIC reference coin. I would have said plate coin but there is no image of this coin in the RIC plates.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128757[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And last but definitely not least is this next coin. It is a secular games issue but a very rare one. This coin is the 6th or 7th known. For unknown reasons left facing portraits are exceedingly rare on the denarii of Domitian. They exist on the bronze issues with some regularity but not the denarii. I count myself extremely lucky that i have 3 such denarii in my collection. This one is extra special because it is the RIC plate coin. It is pictured in the plates at the end of RIC II Part 1. This one is a once in a lifetime coin for me or a White Whale so to speak.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128763[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the next coin to join this group? I will keep that to myself until I own it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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