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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 4564528, member: 74968"]Well, the coin arrived today. I believed that the seller had misattributed this coin as RIC 560 when it was RIC 790. However, after taking my own photograph I realized that their photo made the obverse legend appear to read COS III when it was COS II after all. Which means the coin is RIC 560 [VESPASIAN]. </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 790 [VESP] is R while 560 is R2. RIC refers to 2 examples of RIC 560. One from the British Museum photo file and one in Paris. Mine is the only confirmed example on Acsearch. (there is one other example that be either 560 or 790 because the COS II or II is off flan). There is one on OCRE but it is the British Museum example cited in RIC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know of 3 examples total. Can you find any more?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the updated photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130200[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1130201[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 4564528, member: 74968"]Well, the coin arrived today. I believed that the seller had misattributed this coin as RIC 560 when it was RIC 790. However, after taking my own photograph I realized that their photo made the obverse legend appear to read COS III when it was COS II after all. Which means the coin is RIC 560 [VESPASIAN]. RIC 790 [VESP] is R while 560 is R2. RIC refers to 2 examples of RIC 560. One from the British Museum photo file and one in Paris. Mine is the only confirmed example on Acsearch. (there is one other example that be either 560 or 790 because the COS II or II is off flan). There is one on OCRE but it is the British Museum example cited in RIC. I know of 3 examples total. Can you find any more? Here are the updated photos. [ATTACH=full]1130200[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1130201[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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