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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3586749, member: 74968&quot;]A wonderful acquisition David. I am very happy you got that one. It belongs in a specialist&#039;s collection. It is now certainly in the possession of someone who will appreciate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is unpublished but soon will be. It is a coin of Titus. I have posted this one before but since it fits here...</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is RIC 124 A in the addenda to&nbsp; RIC II which will hopefully be published soon. Not to be deliberately opaque but this coin should not be confused with 124 a. There are 3 variations of the reverse for RIC 124. They are called 124 a, 124 b, and 124 c (These titles are not given in the text of RIC II, instead they are in the plates of the volume . All 3 feature a reverse with a number of palmettes and a triangular frame.&nbsp; The difference between the 3 versions concerns the number of palmettes. 124 a has 5 palmettes, 124 b has 3, and 124 c has 9.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now to make things more confusing these reverses have rare versions where there is a Lituus under the triangular frame. I do not have the versions of RIC 124 a, b, and c without the Lituus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is RIC 124 c with the Lituus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]957845[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In the addenda to RIC II a new entry will be added: RIC 124 A. Notice the capital letter. This coin has the 5 palmettes like RIC 124 a but the authors have decided that this variety with the Lituus deserved its own reference number, therefore this unpublished (for now) coin will be RIC 124 A. Another feature is that in the addenda the coin is given the rarity rating R3 (one known at this time). In fact I bet you can guess who owns the soon to be RIC reference coin. I am looking at you [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER].<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of months ago I stumbled across this coin and bought it immediately. Yes, you have guessed...this coin may be the second example known. (there may be others) Unfortunately this means that David&#039;s coin is no longer unique. When I get a chance I will have to write a note to Prof Carradice to tell him a second has surfaced. The rarity status of this type should be adjusted to R2.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 124 A</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]957848[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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