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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 4316584, member: 80783&quot;]That must be because they were both inspired by the same, well known (in antiquity, that is) statue. I still wonder if the original statue carried an Eagle standard like on my coin or a Trophy like the beautifully detailed one on your Domitian and the one Mars Victor is holding on your Vitellius. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What an awesome Vitellius! That quality is in a league beyond my resources. Sniff! But there are actually some obverse die links between your and my Mars type.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you would have sold me your Concordia Vitellius last year, my search would have been over right there and then <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I do like the brassy look of that one. Back then you probably got all three for less than what one would costs now.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, that IS one spectacular bird! Is it a genuine roman piece and is it known where it was found?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Traces of it are there, if you look at the OP picture really, really, really hard. Here is a double die matching specimen (at least I think it is) where you can see it´s position.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097444[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I found a total of five published specimens of this unlisted type with Aquila (&quot;RIC 141 var.&quot;) from three obverse and three reverse dies, while there seem to be another five genuine specimens with Trophy (RIC 141) plus at least twice as many fakes sold as genuine. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly not. The Paduan which I think is the finest known specimen of it´s type (Lawrence 28, Klawans 4), sold for 4.500 USD including buyer´s fee in 2013 .</p><p>There are more than a hundred aftercasts and later copies from these dies around, which like all cast or struck fakes of the type show Mars with a trophy (instead of an eagle).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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