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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3155791, member: 82616&quot;]... unless you&#039;re not into minutiae!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]809237[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think I finally finished my mini modius collection. A few weeks ago I found a rare Vespasian modius variant denarius with six upright corn ears <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-modius-of-minutiae.320062/#post-3136398" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-modius-of-minutiae.320062/#post-3136398">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-modius-of-minutiae.320062/#post-3136398</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And now I found another neat variant of the type!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]809236[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 2.92g</p><p>Rome mint, 77-78 AD</p><p>RIC 980 (C). BMC 217 corr. RSC 219.</p><p>Obv: CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.</p><p>Rev: IMP XIX across field; Modius, standing on three legs, containing one ear of corn upright, then two ears of corn bending r. and l. with poppy in between and two ears of corn hanging over the sides</p><p>Acquired from Münzen &amp; Medaillen, July 2018. &#039;From an old Swiss collection&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>A rare variant of the modius type with poppies in between the corn ears. The variants with poppies tend to have longer corn ears than the common examples without them. The poppy in the Roman world was often a symbol of abundance and fertility, so it is quite fitting to see them symbolically stored in a modius alongside corn ears. Lord Byron would approve.</p><p><br /></p><p>NB: BMC 217 has the poppies on either side of the upright corn ear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your poppies![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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