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Message:: [QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 8237375, member: 88526"]Over the weekend I attended a coin show.  It was held in the basement of a hotel by the airport and wifi was terrible.  I found a nice little Titus quinarius but I knew the attribution was off.  Even though some are rated as "Common" they don't come up often and there are subtle differences in the legends. Unfortunately, I couldn't access any research references on my phone.  Web pages were taking forever to load.  I managed to get in touch with [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] to help and after agreeing on the attribution I made an offer and ended up buying the tiny quinarius.  I was happy until I got home...  Upon further research I found that both myself and David were wrong!  It was actually much better than we thought!  A rare (R3) undated quinarius struck in 75 CE.  It's also double die matched to the Harry Sneh coin!  If it is undated how do we get to 75?  From RIC:   "Assigned to this year because there are no dated quinarii of 75, and the appearance of either AVGVST or AVGVSTI on the reverse suggests transition between the earlier series, up to 74 (with AVGVSTI) and later series, 76 onwards (with AVGVST)." So, all in all I can say it was a great show!  <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174814" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174814" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174814</a> [ATTACH=full]1449364[/ATTACH] T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANLaureate head right VICTORIA AVGVSTVictory seated left with wreath and palm Rome, 75 CE1.47g RIC 809 (R3) die matched to the Sneh coinLegends begin from high left.Ex-ANE But wait!  There's More! I also bought this wonderful French medallion of Domitian based on a rare sestertius.  Limited to 500 pieces.  This thing is huge! <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174816" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174816" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174816</a> [ATTACH=full]1449366[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1449367[/ATTACH] IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVII CENS PER PPLaureate head right SCTriumphal arch, showing two archways surmounted by two elephant quadrigae French medallion based on RIC 796 1968; No 192/500Massive 69mm! 226g And finally, a coin from my friend and fellow Flavian collector [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] arrived today.  It came in a very circuitous way to me.  We don't live very far from each other and yet this coin went to CNG, then to Aegean and finally back home. A rare early undated Titus denarius with a wonderful portrait of the new Emperor. I'm happy to have another ex-orfew coin in my collection. <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174871" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174871" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174871</a> [ATTACH=full]1449369[/ATTACH] IMP T CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVGLaureate head right CERES AVGVSTCeres standing left with corn ears, poppy and sceptre RomeJune 24, 79- July 1, 79 CE3.26gRIC 3 (R) These early undated types are attributed to the few days after Vespasian's death on June 23, 79 CE Ex-Aegean; Ex-CNG; Ex-Andrew Short collection; Ex-Akropolis coins #289, Jan 30 2020. Feel free to post an Imperial quinarius, Huge medallions or a coin from a friend...[/QUOTE]

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