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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 7588957, member: 99554&quot;]I developed over my years of collecting an allergic reaction to certain terms; one of them is the word RARE. It seems it doesn&#039;t mean anything since maybe 10% of all ancient coins are described with this qualificatif (over 48,000 roman coins&#039; descriptions on acsearch contain the expression RARE). That&#039;s the explanation for this weird thread&#039;s title. Here&#039;s a little anecdote: quite recently, a member of this board presented his new acquisition. It was a RARE specimen, very few seen in auctions and even absent of the biggest collections. But I thought I&#039;ve seen a similar coin before...but where ? While eating a bowl of Corn Flakes in the morning two days later, I suddenly had a flash of genius: it was at my coin&#039;s club. By the way, we met (before COVID) every two months and talk, exchange and show-off our little treasures. Only 3 of us are interested in ancients coins: one of the guy&#039;s name is Franz, he&#039;s in Canada for 25 years but started collecting 1st century roman coins in his youth in Belgium. I called him (we haven&#039;t met for almost 1 1/2 year) and asked him to check if my memories about the CT coin was accurate. He called me back 3 weeks later (those retired man living alone in pandemic times are so busy!) and told me: &quot;<i>You were right, it&#039;s my coin and I have a surprise for you.</i>&quot; A surprise ? &quot; <i>I also found another one in my hold binder, it&#039;s pretty worn (&quot;en piteux état&quot;) but it&#039;s easily identifiable </i>&quot;. Hum...we are talking about an extremely RARE example, and one guy maybe have two specimens in his personal collection... Looking forward to meet him in person and confirm the facts with my own eyes. I can&#039;t help but wonder how many private collections in the world have a similar example ?</p><p><br /></p><p>When we talk about rarity, there are many different categories: rare Emperors, variants , obverse or reverse legends, types...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m now gonna present you my brand new Victorinus , two &quot;<b>NOT OFTEN SEEN</b>&quot; types.&nbsp; Those reverses are explicitly much more military. FORTuna REDVX is one of the many aspects of the Roman Goddess of luck, Fortuna, was in charge of bringing people home safely, primarily from wars—reduxmeans &quot;coming back&quot; or &quot;returning&quot;. She may be one of the later aspects of Fortuna, as the earliest mention of Her is of an altar dedicated by the Senate in 19 BC for the safe return of the Emperor Augustus. Also called: Fortuna Reduci, &quot;Fortune Returns&quot;; She is depicted on coins with a wheel, sometimes the emblem of Nemesis, Greek Goddess of retribution, law and justice. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307440[/ATTACH] </p><p>The De Witte illustration</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307439[/ATTACH] </p><p>The British Museum coin</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307441[/ATTACH] </p><p>My specimen</p><p><br /></p><p>MARS VICTOR ; none on Normanby and only one in Cunetio. All coin recorded are from the same reverse die. Another type which suggests that Victorinus is returning from a military campaign. I believe 12 Emperors used this type of reverse of the victorious god of war on their coinage. Can you name them ?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307438[/ATTACH] </p><p>The De Witte illustration</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307437[/ATTACH] </p><p>The British Museum coin</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307442[/ATTACH] </p><p>My specimen</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<b>Please show us your FORT REDVX, MARS VICTOR or any &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot; types !</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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