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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4982058, member: 75937"]Several years ago I purchased this small provincial of Septimius Severus and have concluded it is very scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196831[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus, AD 192-211.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 20.2 mm, 5.62 gm, 12 h.</p><p>Bithynia, Nicaea AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: ΑΥ ΚΛ CЄΠ CЄΥΗΡΟC CЄB, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff.</p><p>Ref: <i>Rec. Gen. </i>333; Mionnet Suppl. 5, 589.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I don't have access to the relevant volume of RPC,* SNG von Aulock, or Lindgren, it's not on Wildwinds and I can't find an example at <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Septimius+Nicaea&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Septimius+Nicaea&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">acsearchinfo</a> or at <a href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=25" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=25" rel="nofollow">asiaminorcoins.com</a>. Would anyone with access to these references for Nicaea in Bithynia be so kind as to let me know if this coin appears therein?</p><p><br /></p><p>I am, however, able to access the <a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5494788f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5494788f" rel="nofollow">online version of RG book 1, volume 3</a> (page 440), where it is listed as #333, citing a retouched specimen in Milan, an Æ 21 mm with illegible obverse legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196834[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, it is listed in <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=X0oGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=X0oGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">Mionnet suppl. 5</a> (p. 109), where it is listed as #589, citing Vaillant and also noting an incomplete obverse legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196835[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, while the British Museum does not have an example of my coin, they do have a larger coin (1.15 in = 29 mm) of Julia Domna with the same reverse type (<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EJlmAAAAMAAJ&printsec=index#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EJlmAAAAMAAJ&printsec=index#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">BMC 13</a>.162,65).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196836[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess what I'm trying to ascertain is how rare this thing might be. Is there another example online anywhere? If the <i>Recueil</i> <i>général</i> and Mionnet are the only citations for this coin, then that would mean that the complete obverse inscription is only attested by my particular example.</p><p><br /></p><p>Questions I have:</p><ul> <li>Is the specimen in Milan with the illegible obverse legend cited by Waddington (Rec. Gen.) the same one belonging to Vaillant as cited by Mionnet?</li> <li>Who was <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43583957?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43583957?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents" rel="nofollow">Vaillant</a>, anyway?<br /> </li> <li>What does N.g. mean in the Mionnet listing?</li> <li>Are there any other examples of this coin?</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><i>Post anything you feel is relevant! </i></p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>*Unfortunately, RPC volume V.2 is not yet available at the <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/volumes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/volumes" rel="nofollow">online version of RPC</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4982058, member: 75937"]Several years ago I purchased this small provincial of Septimius Severus and have concluded it is very scarce. [ATTACH=full]1196831[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AD 192-211. Roman provincial Æ 20.2 mm, 5.62 gm, 12 h. Bithynia, Nicaea AD 193-211. Obv: ΑΥ ΚΛ CЄΠ CЄΥΗΡΟC CЄB, laureate head, right. Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff. Ref: [I]Rec. Gen. [/I]333; Mionnet Suppl. 5, 589. While I don't have access to the relevant volume of RPC,* SNG von Aulock, or Lindgren, it's not on Wildwinds and I can't find an example at [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Septimius+Nicaea&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=']acsearchinfo[/URL] or at [URL='https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=25']asiaminorcoins.com[/URL]. Would anyone with access to these references for Nicaea in Bithynia be so kind as to let me know if this coin appears therein? I am, however, able to access the [URL='http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5494788f']online version of RG book 1, volume 3[/URL] (page 440), where it is listed as #333, citing a retouched specimen in Milan, an Æ 21 mm with illegible obverse legend. [ATTACH=full]1196834[/ATTACH] In addition, it is listed in [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=X0oGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage#v=onepage&q&f=false']Mionnet suppl. 5[/URL] (p. 109), where it is listed as #589, citing Vaillant and also noting an incomplete obverse legend. [ATTACH=full]1196835[/ATTACH] Interestingly, while the British Museum does not have an example of my coin, they do have a larger coin (1.15 in = 29 mm) of Julia Domna with the same reverse type ([URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=EJlmAAAAMAAJ&printsec=index#v=onepage&q&f=false']BMC 13[/URL].162,65). [ATTACH=full]1196836[/ATTACH] I guess what I'm trying to ascertain is how rare this thing might be. Is there another example online anywhere? If the [I]Recueil[/I] [I]général[/I] and Mionnet are the only citations for this coin, then that would mean that the complete obverse inscription is only attested by my particular example. Questions I have: [LIST] [*]Is the specimen in Milan with the illegible obverse legend cited by Waddington (Rec. Gen.) the same one belonging to Vaillant as cited by Mionnet? [*]Who was [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/43583957?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents']Vaillant[/URL], anyway? [*]What does N.g. mean in the Mionnet listing? [*]Are there any other examples of this coin? [/LIST] [I]Post anything you feel is relevant! [/I] ~~~ *Unfortunately, RPC volume V.2 is not yet available at the [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/volumes']online version of RPC[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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