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<p>[QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 4027266, member: 88526"]It's fun to think you're the only one who spots the rarity hiding in plain sight. It's happened many times to me, but it's almost never paid off. Once, for a very rare Antony fleet series, and once for a Caracalla Circus Maximus denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058737[/ATTACH] </p><p>Marcus Antonius Fleet coinage (Light Series)</p><p><br /></p><p>M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET TERT III VIR RPC</p><p>Conjoined heads of Marcus Antonius and Octavia right</p><p><br /></p><p>M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS FC</p><p>Galley under sail right</p><p><br /></p><p>Tarentum (?) summer 37 BC</p><p>4.13g</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 1497, RPC 1470, CRI 296,</p><p><br /></p><p>Very rare in any condition</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058738[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>ANTONINVS PIVS AVG</p><p>Laureate head of Caracalla right</p><p><br /></p><p>LAETITIA TEMPORVM</p><p>The spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing l., with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing l.; below, seven animals: an ostrich at l. and bear at r.; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome 206 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>3.34g</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Londinium coins, Ex Professor K.D. White with original envelope.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 6813, RIC 157, BMCRE 257, CSS 793</p><p><br /></p><p>Very rare! Only 2 examples in the Reka Devnia hoard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 4027266, member: 88526"]It's fun to think you're the only one who spots the rarity hiding in plain sight. It's happened many times to me, but it's almost never paid off. Once, for a very rare Antony fleet series, and once for a Caracalla Circus Maximus denarius. [ATTACH=full]1058737[/ATTACH] Marcus Antonius Fleet coinage (Light Series) M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET TERT III VIR RPC Conjoined heads of Marcus Antonius and Octavia right M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS FC Galley under sail right Tarentum (?) summer 37 BC 4.13g Sear 1497, RPC 1470, CRI 296, Very rare in any condition [ATTACH=full]1058738[/ATTACH] ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate head of Caracalla right LAETITIA TEMPORVM The spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing l., with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing l.; below, seven animals: an ostrich at l. and bear at r.; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison. Rome 206 AD 3.34g Ex-Londinium coins, Ex Professor K.D. White with original envelope. Sear 6813, RIC 157, BMCRE 257, CSS 793 Very rare! Only 2 examples in the Reka Devnia hoard[/QUOTE]
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