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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3650032, member: 75937"]<i>Post your Orbianas, comments, or anything you feel is relevant!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Although I purchased this coin in 2011, I thought I'd revisit it today as I have been recently reorganizing my Severan collection by BMC numbers, rather than by RIC numbers because so many of the RIC listings are dubious (see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ric-listing-ancient-counterfeits.313956/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ric-listing-ancient-counterfeits.313956/">here</a> and <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ric-listing-ancient-counterfeits-part-ii.325247/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ric-listing-ancient-counterfeits-part-ii.325247/">here</a>, for examples).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980401[/ATTACH]</p><p>Orbiana, wife of Severus Alexander, Augusta AD 225-227.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 20.02 g, 28.6 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, special marriage issue, AD 225.</p><p>Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM S C, Severus Alexander, togate, standing right, holding scroll in left hand and clasping right hands with Orbiana, veiled and draped, standing left.</p><p>Refs: RIC 657; BMCRE 301; Cohen 6; RCV 8194; Banti 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you were to go by RIC, you'd think there are no variants of RIC 657:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980403[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>However, when one consults BMCRE6, there are two variants noted, nos. 299 and 300, where Severus Alexander does not hold a scroll in his hand on the reverse, and no. 301, where he does.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980414[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I thought I'd look at the plate coin, because it was supposedly the same variant as mine and as described in RIC -- with Alexander holding a scroll.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980415[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I became confused, because the emperor is not holding a scroll. I thought they must have accidentally illustrated 299 or 300 instead by mistake. So I <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx" rel="nofollow">searched the British Museum collection online</a> and found the coin illustrated is the obverse of <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195912&partId=1&searchText=Orbiana+301&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195912&partId=1&searchText=Orbiana+301&page=1" rel="nofollow">301</a> ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980537[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>... combined with the reverse of <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195913&partId=1&searchText=Orbiana+300&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195913&partId=1&searchText=Orbiana+300&page=1" rel="nofollow">300</a>!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980538[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>OOOPS!</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, here are the two reverse variants in high grade as seen on examples in the Münzkabinett Berlin (<a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.657" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.657" rel="nofollow">OCRE online</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980418[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]980419[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3650032, member: 75937"][I]Post your Orbianas, comments, or anything you feel is relevant![/I] Although I purchased this coin in 2011, I thought I'd revisit it today as I have been recently reorganizing my Severan collection by BMC numbers, rather than by RIC numbers because so many of the RIC listings are dubious (see [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ric-listing-ancient-counterfeits.313956/']here[/URL] and [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ric-listing-ancient-counterfeits-part-ii.325247/']here[/URL], for examples). [ATTACH=full]980401[/ATTACH] Orbiana, wife of Severus Alexander, Augusta AD 225-227. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 20.02 g, 28.6 mm, 12 h. Rome, special marriage issue, AD 225. Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM S C, Severus Alexander, togate, standing right, holding scroll in left hand and clasping right hands with Orbiana, veiled and draped, standing left. Refs: RIC 657; BMCRE 301; Cohen 6; RCV 8194; Banti 3. If you were to go by RIC, you'd think there are no variants of RIC 657: [ATTACH=full]980403[/ATTACH] However, when one consults BMCRE6, there are two variants noted, nos. 299 and 300, where Severus Alexander does not hold a scroll in his hand on the reverse, and no. 301, where he does. [ATTACH=full]980414[/ATTACH] So, I thought I'd look at the plate coin, because it was supposedly the same variant as mine and as described in RIC -- with Alexander holding a scroll. [ATTACH=full]980415[/ATTACH] I became confused, because the emperor is not holding a scroll. I thought they must have accidentally illustrated 299 or 300 instead by mistake. So I [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx']searched the British Museum collection online[/URL] and found the coin illustrated is the obverse of [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195912&partId=1&searchText=Orbiana+301&page=1']301[/URL] ... [ATTACH=full]980537[/ATTACH] ... combined with the reverse of [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195913&partId=1&searchText=Orbiana+300&page=1']300[/URL]! [ATTACH=full]980538[/ATTACH] OOOPS! In addition, here are the two reverse variants in high grade as seen on examples in the Münzkabinett Berlin ([URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.657']OCRE online[/URL]). [ATTACH=full]980418[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]980419[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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