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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2912560, member: 85693"]Nice Liberalitas examples; an interesting type to be sure. A while back I came across a very late example from Commodus which, thanks to zumbly's research, turns out to be quite rare, probably my rarest ancient (I lucked into it - about $8 from an eBay lot). </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/commodus-denarius-attribution-help-please-liberalitas-rev.303052/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/commodus-denarius-attribution-help-please-liberalitas-rev.303052/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/commodus-denarius-attribution-help-please-liberalitas-rev.303052/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Zumbly found a cng post for me that was informative (there is some debate over what occasion prompted this particular Liberalitas issue in 192 A.D.):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=340510" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=340510" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=340510</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is again: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]703519[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Commodus</b></p><p><b>(192 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint - Denarius</b></p><p>L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, laureate head right /LIB AVG VIIII P M TR P XVII COS VII P P, Liberalitas standing half left with abacus & cradling cornucopia; star to left. RIC 240; RSC 327. Very rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2912560, member: 85693"]Nice Liberalitas examples; an interesting type to be sure. A while back I came across a very late example from Commodus which, thanks to zumbly's research, turns out to be quite rare, probably my rarest ancient (I lucked into it - about $8 from an eBay lot). [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/commodus-denarius-attribution-help-please-liberalitas-rev.303052/[/url] Zumbly found a cng post for me that was informative (there is some debate over what occasion prompted this particular Liberalitas issue in 192 A.D.): [url]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=340510[/url] Here it is again: [ATTACH=full]703519[/ATTACH] [B]Commodus (192 A.D.) Rome Mint - Denarius[/B] L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, laureate head right /LIB AVG VIIII P M TR P XVII COS VII P P, Liberalitas standing half left with abacus & cradling cornucopia; star to left. RIC 240; RSC 327. Very rare.[/QUOTE]
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