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Congrats Jay GT4 Looks like you bought one of the coins i decided to let go
Good to see it went to a good home

 

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Ah yes! Didn't put two and two together that it was your old coin! Not sure why.

IMP CAES VESPAS AVG
Laureate head right

AVG within laurel wreath, ΘI monogram above ties.

Ephesus mint. AD 69-70.

2.63g

RIC 1399 unlisted variant (laurel wreath rather than oak) this coin, footnote in the upcoming RIC II addenda ; RPC 808; RSC 37.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 152 (10 October 2006), lot 2071; Ex-Cheesman collection; Ex-CNG 433 Lot 379

Next Provincial Judea capta

 

Um, @Jay GT4, did you mean your Vespasian to be a response to Z's request for "reminds you of another member" or TIF's request for "resembles another member"? It was actually the latter that was in play...

 

I know it's not the case but I picture David as looking like an eastern portrait of Vespasian LOL.

 

Works for me. Carry on... Jay called for a Judaea capta.

 

I'll play for @Justin Lee, of whose provincial Judea Capta I am the current temporary custodian:

JUDAEA, Domitian (81-96), AE24. 9.74g, 24mm.
Obv: DOMITIANVS CAES AVG GERMANICVS; Laureate head left.
Rev: Minerva in flowing gown advances left, holding trophy in right hand and shield and spear in left.
Meshorer 392, Hendin 1455, RPC II 2305

next: something from the Levant

 

Anonymous, Umayyad Caliphate
AE fals
Obv: The Kalima, in 3-line script, within three circles
Rev: In Arabic script: "Muhammad rasul Allah"
Mint: Tabariyyah / Tiberias (in Israel)
Date: 749 AD
Ref: Album 188



Next theme: red desert patina

 

My only Red Desert Patina... but t'wasn't described as such in the auction..


RI Diocletian Ӕ Quinarius 1.46g 16mm Rome AD 284-305 IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter stndng thunderbolt sceptre RARE RIC 193

Next up: QUINARIUS BCE
(I like to use "red desert" lettering...or is it blood?)

 

AUGUSTUS, as Octavian
AR Quinarius. 1.67g, 14.5mm. Uncertain Italian mint, 29-28 BC. RIC I 276; RSC 14; Sear 156. [CAE]SAR IMP [VII], bare head of Octavian right. R: [ASIA] RECEPTA, Victory standing on cista mystica, holding wreath & palm frond; two snakes flanking.

Next: Off-center on both sides

 

PHOENICIA, Arados
Aradian date 130 (130/129 BCE)
AE 16, 4.0 gm
Obv: jugate heads of Zeus and Astarte right
Rev: prow of ship left, with figurehead of Athena; above, Phoenician aleph and nun (right to left); below, date
Ref: Duyrat 2005 No.4263-4290; BMC Phoenicia No.295-296; HGC 10 No.90

Next: Arados

 

PHOENICIA ARADOS
AR Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right
REVERSE: Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; in left field, ZOP (date) above Aramaic B above ΘЄ; all within wreath
Arados CY 177 (83/82 BC)
14.91g, 27mm
Duyrat 3536–49; HGC 10, 72; DCA 772; BMC 239
Ex JAZ Numismatics

Next: Turreted bust of Tyche

 

Turreted Tyche


Cilicia - Tarsos turret counterstamped Bow Pompei Pirates AE 19 164 BCE Tyche-Zeus seated

Next up: Vulcan

 

Roman Republic, Lucius Aurelius Cotta
105 BCE
Fourree AR serrate denarius, 20 mm, 3.8 gm
Obv: draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; tongs and star behind; all within wreath and dotted border
Rev: eagle standing on thunderbolt, head left; L·COT below, V to right; all within laurel wreath and dotted border
Ref: c.f. Crawford 314/1c; Sydenham 577a; Aurelia 21b
formerly slabbed, NGC ChVF, 5/5 strike, 3/5 surface

Next: serrate denarius

 

Honos and Virtus / Italy and Rome

Next: Two or more people on each side

 

L. Scipio Asiagenus (106 BC) (misspelled "ASAG")

next: durn, too slow!

 

Leo IV (775-780), follis, Constantinople

next: a misspelling

 

Philip II (as Caesar) under Philip I the Arab, Ruled 244-249 AD
AE As, Struck 244-246 AD, Rome mint
Obverse: M IVL PHILIPPVS CEAS (rather than CAES) , Bust of Philip II, bare-headed, draped, right.
Reverse: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Philip II, standing left, holding standard in right hand and spear reversed in left hand.
References: RIC IV 258b var (legend misspelling)
Size: 25mm, 12.5g
Notes: Rare with standard rather than globe. Also, misspelling.

Next, another "IVVENTVTIS"

 

The reverse is princeps ivventutis



Next: GALBA

 

GALBA



GALBA 68-69 BCE
AR Quinarius 15mm, 1.5g; Lugdunum mint
Ox: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR, laureate head right
Rx VICTORIAE GALBAE AVG, Victory on globe standing left
RIC 131 scarce

Next up: Vitellius

 

Denarius of Vitellius Rv. Tripod RIC 109
Next coin Vespasian coin minted in the east