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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 3344023, member: 88526&quot;]Thanks to a tip from David Atherton I picked up this little beauty that arrived yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin that most collectors, including myself, thought was a regular Rome mint denarius.&nbsp; In fact it comes from the mysterious Eastern &quot;O&quot; mint and is actually quite rare. This one shares the same dies as David&#039;s example and Ted Buttrey had assigned it a new number for the RIC II.1 adenda as 1477A.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;O&quot; mint Flavians are an amazing area for collecting and research.&nbsp; They&#039;re out there, you just gotta find them. Thanks for the tip David!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]885561[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153005" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153005" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153005</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>RIC 1477A Vespasian denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG</p><p>Head of Vespasian, laureate, r., a small &#039;o&#039; mint mark below neck</p><p><br /></p><p>PON MAX TR P COS VII (from high l.)</p><p>Winged caduceus</p><p><br /></p><p>Unknown &quot;O&quot; mint, 76 AD</p><p>3.17g</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 1477A</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Numismatica Prados</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A unique specimen of the caduceus type from the rare and mysterious &#039;O&#039; mint. This rare variant has the reverse legend starting from the upper left, all other known examples start from the lower right. Die matched to David Atherton&#039;s example and purchased through his recommendation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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