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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3346705, member: 74968&quot;]I am waiting for more interesting Domitian coins become available. In the meantime I picked up this little beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse of this issue of Ephesus there is a star in the exergue. This is a group 8 denarius minted in 74 CE. These tend to be rare coins but this example is not extremely so. I really loved the portrait on this one and reverse is nice as well. However, the reason I wanted this was that little star on the reverse. I have wanted one of these since I first became aware of their existence.</p><p><br /></p><p>I blame [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] and [USER=88526]@Jay GT4[/USER] for this one. They both have examples on their forum galleries that not only have the star in the exergue but they</p><p>have annulets around the chair on the reverse. I was intrigued by the &quot;Star&quot; mark and so I bought one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway I cannot wait to get this one and take my own photos. In the meantime please feel free to post your coins of Ephesus, or coins of Vespasian. I have several coins of Ephesus for Vespasian. I highly recommend them for the excellent work of the engravers on the expressive portraits.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian AR Denarius</p><p>Ephesus 74 CE</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR P P P: Head of Vespasian, laureate, right</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVG Ceres seated left on high-backed throne, holding grain ears, poppy, and cornucopia; star in exergue.</p><p>RIC 1456 (R) RPC-852 (5 spec.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]886199[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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