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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7887441, member: 80952&quot;]Excellent write up.</p><p>I am always happy when a collector finds a rare variety of a coin. This requires study, attention to details and a touch of chance.</p><p>I find the OP coin attractive, good details on the portrait and also on the reverse, fully readable legend. I try (and sometimes fail) to avoid very worn coins (not the case here!) but a coin in this condition surely has its charm for me. It shows us that it was used for its main purpose and it was, perhaps, buried in an acidic soil or it was in sea water. HISTORY.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have 2 coins with Felicitas. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360688[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Maesa AR Denarius Rome, ca 218-222 </p><p>IVLIA MAESA AVG - draped bust to right </p><p>Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS - Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and sacrificing over lighted altar; in left field, star. </p><p>RIC IV 272 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 81-82 (Elagabalus); RSC 45b</p><p>2,27 g, 20 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360689[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Titus sestertius, AD 80</p><p>Obverse IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII. Head of Titus, laureate, right; Reverse FELICIT PVBLIC S C. Felicitas standing left, holding sceptre and cornucopiae </p><p>RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Titus 143. Old RIC II Titus 89 </p><p>33 mm 24 g</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Trebonianus Gallus, I have just one coin from him - a tetradrachm from Antioch.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360697[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trebonianus Gallus billon tetradrachm, Syria, Antioch,&nbsp; 251-253 </p><p>ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡƐΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹƐΒ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus, r., seen from rear; below bust: VI / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C; eagle standing on line, facing, head l., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; between legs: Ϛ</p><p>RPC vol IX 1805, Prieur 666 (4), McAlee 1172f </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is very well preserved. The obverse - not so much. </p><p>After checking the Antioch tetradrachms issued by Gallus, this can only be </p><p>RPC IX 1805, Prieur 666, McAlee 1172f (VI below bust)</p><p>or RPC IX 1806, Prieur 664, McAlee 1172e Specimens (Ϛ below bust)</p><p>After checking with a magnifying glass, I suspect this is the VI version, making it quite scarce. Too bad the centering and the obverse conservation don&#039;t help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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