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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8112077, member: 110350&quot;][USER=109923]@John Conduitt[/USER], thanks so much for the information regarding Spink&#039;s 2016 auction of siliquae and other coins from the 1887 East Harptree Hoard. This is the one coin I own, a Valens siliqua from Rome, that I purchased last year (not from Spink) as being part of that hoard:</p><p><br /></p><p>Valens, AR Siliqua, 364-367 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. DN VALEN-S PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Rev. VOT- V- MV•LT - X in four lines within wreath. In exergue: Mintmark RB. RIC IX Rome 10c (p. 118), RSC V 91(h) (ill.), Sear RCV V 19687. 17 mm., 2.00 g.&nbsp; <i>From 1887 East Harptree hoard (one of 19 coins of this type in hoard; see </i><a href="https://archive.org/details/thirdnumismatic08royauoft/page/46/mode/1up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/thirdnumismatic08royauoft/page/46/mode/1up" rel="nofollow"><i>https://archive.org/details/thirdnumismatic08royauoft/page/46/mode/1up</i></a><i>)</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411523[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking through the Spink 2016 lots, Lot 3028 is the only one containing siliquae matching this description:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=1689&amp;lot=3028" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=1689&amp;lot=3028" rel="nofollow">https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=1689&amp;lot=3028</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Valens (AD 364-378), AR Siliqua (12), Rome, 364-367, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, d n valen-s p f avg, rev. vot / v / mv·lt / x in wreath, rb or rt in exergue (RIC 10c; cf. RSC 91†d), and Magnus Maximus (AD 383-388), AR Siliqua, Trier, similar bust, rev. virtvs romanorvm, Roma seated facing, trps in eergue (RIC 84b; RSC 20a), very fine or better (12).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the photo of the coins in the lot (unfortunately showing only the obverses):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411524[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s possible that my coin may be the one to the upper right of the group, second from the top and second from the right. Here&#039;s an excerpt showing only that part of the group, with the possible match in the center:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411525[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you and others think: is that my coin?&nbsp; Note particularly that the &quot;P&quot; in the obverse legend appears to have the same little tail at the bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your opinions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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