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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 25077039, member: 26430&quot;]Very nice provenance indeed! I would have trouble deciding between that and the Dupondius below...</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my newest Flavian and definitely my favorite Vespasian Dupondius. (Possibly my favorite Roman Imperial &quot;provenance coin.&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>Henry Platt Hall --&gt; JSW (J.S. Wagner) --&gt; Curtis Clay Collections &amp; RIC II.1 &quot;Plate Coin,&quot; from Plaster Cast at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vespasian-dupondius-hjb-225-23-curtis-clay-ric-263-jsw-platt-hall-jpg.1599958/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><font size="4"><b>Vespasian Æ Dupondius</b> (27mm, 13.45 g, 6h), Rome mint, 71 CE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III. Radiate head right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: CONCOR AVG S C. Concordia seated left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding cornucopiae.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: RIC II.1 (2nd Ed.) 263 (this coin ill. from plater cast at Oxford); also the <a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/vespasian/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/vespasian/t.html" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds &quot;plate coin&quot;</a> (for RIC 263).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: HJB BBS 225 (30 Nov 2023), 23 [acq. 2 Oct 2023], Curtis Clay Collection, with his tray tags; CNG EA 169 (25 Jul 2007), 203, J.S. Wagner Collection, w/ tray tag; Glendining &quot;Catalogue of the important collection...&quot; (16 Nov 1950), Lot 1198 (part), Henry Platt Hall (1863-1949) Collection, part II (HJB: &quot;whence plaster cast in Oxford; illustrated in RIC from that cast&quot;).</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Hard to tell from photo but attractive, glossy surfaces:</font></p><blockquote><blockquote><p><font size="4"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vespasian-dupondius-screenshot-collage-jpg.1599959/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Honorable mention to this Vespasian Denarius (ex Archer Huntington [1870-1955], ex ANS &amp; HSA Collection(s), with their old museum tag): </font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/vespasian-with-vesta-reverse.410272/#post-24928807" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/vespasian-with-vesta-reverse.410272/#post-24928807">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/vespasian-with-vesta-reverse.410272/#post-24928807</a></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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