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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2411573, member: 82616&quot;]This is such a delightful thread with many neat coins! </p><p><br /></p><p>I can contribute a denarius of Vespasian struck at Ephesus. Is it my rarest? I&#039;m not quite sure, I have several that fall into this category, but it&#039;s probably my favourite rarity.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498511[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Vespasian</b> </p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Ephesus mint, 71 AD</p><p>RIC 1424 (R3), BMC - , RSC - , RPC 827 (1 spec.)</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: LIBERI IMP AVG VESPAS; Titus and Domitian veiled, togate, stg. front (heads l.), each with patera; below, BY mint mark</p><p>Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>This dynastic reverse type dated COS III normally has the EPHE mint mark on the reverse, here we have BY - extremely rare. The Group 5 series this coin is from is also exceeding rare, full of R3 coins and unpublished types. This particular type is listed in RIC as R3, citing an American Numismatic Society specimen (RIC plate coin), so second known example - both from the same dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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