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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4580578, member: 82616&quot;]Great addition Andrew!</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, the most interesting thing about these Spanish issues is the mysterious mint that produced them. Here is what I wrote for my example in my Forvm Gallery:</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;The mint is uncertain, but the reverse type of Victory and Globe was struck under Vitellius at Tarraco and the prominence of left facing busts of Galba and Vitellius from that mint suggests a Spanish location despite the different styles between the two series. Future die links will most likely clear the matter up. My hunch is that it is indeed Tarraco (as assigned in BMCRE) and the style differences can be explained by different engravers working at the mint and/or the elapsed time between the issues. The Paris specimen (BNC 30) is attributed to Rome.&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1134444[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b> </p><p>AR Denarius, 3.15g</p><p>Uncertain Spanish mint, 69-70 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA IMP VESPASIANI; Victory stg. l. on globe, with wreath and palm</p><p>RIC 1340 (R). BMC 362. RSC 630. BNC 30.</p><p>Ex Private Collection; acquired from Incitatus Coins, December 2012.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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