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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4898718, member: 19463&quot;]The Titus is a great coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found interest in my common, lower grade Vespasian because it shows the use of the laureate portrait even for the Augustus at this mint.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182058[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The type attracted my interest again in the most recent Frank Robinson sale (lot 206R) where he sold a not very pretty Vespasian for $310 on a $400 bid.&nbsp; His coin gained considerable interest from being overstruck on what was most likely a Syrian Latin language bronze retaining the letters OTHO from the undertype.&nbsp; I was rather hoping someone here bought the coin but that must not have been the case.&nbsp; </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">206 R <i><b>VESPASIAN, </b></i>As, FIDES PVBLICA, Fides stg l; VF/F, orichalcum metal with some uneven dark toning, centered, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">full tho partly crude/wk lgnds; minor roughness; well detailed portrait. <i><b>OVERSTRUCK on OTHO</b></i>, presumably a Syrian coin, the letters OTHOC quite clear in obv right field. Otho&#039;s name is almost never so clear even on his own coins! This has to be extremely rare if not unique, and of the highest interest. <b>Starting Bid $150</b></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.fsrcoin.com/g_html_m14cf475d.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.fsrcoin.com/g_html_51f77c31.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.fsrcoin.com/g_html_2e6721df.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Vespasian and David&#039;s rare Titus are both stuck fully on a well spread flan.&nbsp; The FSR coin is not.&nbsp; This makes me wonder if the issue might have been struck on a group of recycled coins with most receiving special hard hammering intended to erase the undertypes. Certainly the FSR coin could have been a one of a kind thing when made but it would seem best to examine other coins of the series for signs of undertype that might suggest the purpose of the issue was to dispose of a bag of Otho&#039;s coins.&nbsp; The distance between Syria and Lugdunum makes me doubt this was the case but I will still look at these coins as they turn up. This is not something that will ever be proven. </p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have a copper as of Lugdunum from this time?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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