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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2605172, member: 82616&quot;]Easily my most researched coin of 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]569342[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian (Countermarked)</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.06g</p><p>Ephesus Mint, 71 AD; Countermarked under Vespasian at Ephesus, circa 74-79 AD</p><p>RIC 1431 (C), BMC 457, RSC 276, RPC 833 (14 spec.); c/m: GIC 839</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.; c/m: IMP·VES (ligate)</p><p>Rev: PACI AVGVSTAE; Victory, draped, advancing r., holding wreath extended in r. hand and palm over l. shoulder. EPHE lower r.</p><p><br /></p><p>An exceptionally rare appearance of a Vespasian countermark on a denarius struck for Vespasian. I know of less than half a dozen other Vespasianic denarii similarly stamped. I had a blast researching it and tracking down similar coins that were countermarked with the same stamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>And it made my Top Ten of 2016 too![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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