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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4524276, member: 57495"]Nice one, Donna! The colour of the coin looks golden in your picture, but I suppose, as you've described, it's more of an deeply-hued copper? I picked up a few at one of the Vico auctions as well, and that's how I would describe most of them looking. </p><p><br /></p><p>The original thread you linked mentioned various occasions on which Dattari himself sold portions of his collection, and goes on to tell us a little about the haphazard way the rest of his coins were dispersed after he died. I assume Vico's offerings could have come from any one of a number of sources. I shared two of my favorites in that post, so I won't repeat by posting them here again. Here are three others, though:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120861[/ATTACH]<b>MAXIMIANUS</b></p><p>AE Follis. 10.03g, 26.5mm. Carthage mint, AD 297. RIC VI 21b. O: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: FELIX AD-VENT AVGG N N, Africa standing left, holding standard in right hand, tusk in left, lion at feet left; B in left field, PKS in exergue.<i> </i></p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120862[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXIMINUS II DAIA</b></p><p>AE Follis. 6.33g, 24.7mm. Alexandria mint, AD 308. RIC VI Alexandria 77. O: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right. R: VIRTVS EX-ERCITVS, Virtus in military dress advancing right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; P in left field, delta over R in right field, ALE in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120863[/ATTACH]<b>DIOCLETIAN</b></p><p>AE Follis. 8.33g, 27.5mm. Ticinum mint, AD 294-295. RIC VI Ticinum 23a (scarce). O: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae; T in exergue. </p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4524276, member: 57495"]Nice one, Donna! The colour of the coin looks golden in your picture, but I suppose, as you've described, it's more of an deeply-hued copper? I picked up a few at one of the Vico auctions as well, and that's how I would describe most of them looking. The original thread you linked mentioned various occasions on which Dattari himself sold portions of his collection, and goes on to tell us a little about the haphazard way the rest of his coins were dispersed after he died. I assume Vico's offerings could have come from any one of a number of sources. I shared two of my favorites in that post, so I won't repeat by posting them here again. Here are three others, though: [ATTACH=full]1120861[/ATTACH][B]MAXIMIANUS[/B] AE Follis. 10.03g, 26.5mm. Carthage mint, AD 297. RIC VI 21b. O: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: FELIX AD-VENT AVGG N N, Africa standing left, holding standard in right hand, tusk in left, lion at feet left; B in left field, PKS in exergue.[I] Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection[/I] [ATTACH=full]1120862[/ATTACH] [B]MAXIMINUS II DAIA[/B] AE Follis. 6.33g, 24.7mm. Alexandria mint, AD 308. RIC VI Alexandria 77. O: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right. R: VIRTVS EX-ERCITVS, Virtus in military dress advancing right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; P in left field, delta over R in right field, ALE in exergue. [I]Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection[/I] [ATTACH=full]1120863[/ATTACH][B]DIOCLETIAN[/B] AE Follis. 8.33g, 27.5mm. Ticinum mint, AD 294-295. RIC VI Ticinum 23a (scarce). O: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae; T in exergue. [I]Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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