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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 25968285, member: 87809&quot;]Today I went downtown to HJB to pick up my last buy of 2024. It was a pleasure going to their office and meet with Aaron, Harlan and a young collector who was there with his mom. I told him about cointalk <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Of course I searched through the pick bin and got two more, of which I don&#039;y have any attribution nor pictures yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the following descriptions and pictures are courtesy of HJB:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.) Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, 199 AD, Denarius, 3.65g. Bust var. of BM-132.</p><p>Obv: L - SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX Bust laureate r. with fold of aegis on front shoulder and behind neck.</p><p>Rx: IOVI PRO - P - VG - NATORI around, Jupiter charging r., about to hurl thunderbolt with r. hand, and extending l. arm before him, around which his cloak is wrapped.</p><p>Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Manfred Olding List 96, March 2019, lot 382 (Fritz Reusing Coll.). A rare bust variety with aegis on the emperor&#039;s shoulder.. toned virtually ms</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1652270[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1652271[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2.)</p><p>Vespasian; 69-79 AD, Rome, 74 AD, As, 10.54g. RIC-733 (R2).</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V CENS Head laureate r.</p><p>Rx: VICTORIA - AVGVST on l. and r., S - C across field, Victory advancing r. on prow holding wreath and palm over shoulder.</p><p>Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. Scarce variant obverse legend with CAES not CAESAR and adding T P.. aEF</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1652266[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1652267[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>3.)</p><p>Sicily, Syracuse; c. 480-475 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.16g. Boehringer-224 (V100/R152), Dewing-734.</p><p>Obv: Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right to crown horses. Rx: ΣVPA-KOΣ-IO-N Head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl necklace and pearl diadem, beaded hair tied in queue at back of neck, four dolphins.</p><p>Ex HJB BBS 162, January 2009, lot 60.. gEF / gVF</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1652268[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1652269[/ATTACH]</p><p>4.)</p><p>Vespasian; 69-79 AD, Rome, 74 AD, Denarius, 3.44g. RIC-703 (C2), pl. 6.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate r.</p><p>Rx: PON MAX - TR P COS V on r. and l., Winged caduceus upright.. gVF</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1652272[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1652273[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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