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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4803434, member: 82616&quot;]A most wonderful &#039;grail&#039; indeed! I would certainly say a <i>de rigueur </i>acquisition for anyone collecting Flavians.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is solid silver as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166554[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b> </p><p>AR Denarius, 3.10g</p><p>Lyon mint, 71 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: IVDAEA DEVICTA; Palm tree; to l., Judaea stg. l., hands bound in front</p><p>RIC 1120 (C). BMC 388. RSC 243. BNC 297. Hendin 1488.</p><p>Acquired from eBay, March 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Judaea Capta type unique to the mint of Lyon. Minted in 71 AD, more specimens of this type are seen plated than not. This coin is an example of the solid variant. The evidence that this type was well know as a fourrée in ancient times can be seen from the test marks behind the neck and below the chin of the portrait. I&#039;m not entirely convinced the plated coins are the work of forgers. Could the plated examples be the work of unscrupulous mint workers?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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