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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3731708, member: 82616&quot;]Every once in a while one of these special Flavian coins shows up in trade ... I was lucky enough to pick up this rarity before anyone else noticed it!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000586[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ As, 9.15g</p><p>Rome mint, 71 AD</p><p>RIC 64 (R2). BMC 750. BNC 469.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M TR P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r., with aegis</p><p>Rev: T ET DOMITIAN CAESARES PRIN IVVENT; S C in field; Titus and Domitian riding r., with hands raised</p><p>Acquired from Praefectus Coins, September 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>An extremely scarce early dynastic <i>As</i> struck during Vespasian&#039;s first <i>As</i> issue at Rome. H. Mattingly in the BMCRE mistakenly attributes it to Tarracco, but does express doubt in a footnote. Only one reverse die is known and apparently it was used to produce both dupondii and <i>Asses</i>. This specimen is undoubtedly an <i>As</i> due to the copper composition and the low weight. It is a double die match with the lone specimen in the BM and both examples in the BN. This reverse with Titus and Domitian on horseback copies a similar type struck on the denarius and boldly announces Vespasian&#039;s intention to found a dynasty. Interestingly, the early style portrait features an aegis, an added layer of prestige.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the corresponding type in silver.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000587[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.17g</p><p>Rome Mint, 69-70 AD</p><p>RIC 5 (R). BMC p. 7, ||. RSC 539. BNC 28.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: TITVS ET DOMITIAN CAES PRIN IV; Titus and Domitian riding r., hands outstretched</p><p>Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your dynastic types or anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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