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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 5140827, member: 74968&quot;]There are times when surfing the web late at night looking for coins others that may have missed, that it pays off. I was looking at the coins offered by Silbury coins. Lately I have been checking out their hoard coins looking for Flavian coins. I checked the hoard coins offerings and while there were some Flavian coins, none of them really called out to me. Before exiting the site I did a search for Vespasian denarii, and this one had just been posted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of you would have seen a purchase of mine on an earlier thread. It was a RIC 4 for Vespasian. Yes, it is a IVDEA CAPTA coins and no it is not the one you usually see on offer. RIC 4 features a Jewish captive but with a palm tree instead of the usual trophy of arms you see on RIC 2. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the first one I bought from Forum Ancient Coins this past August.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206167[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the one I bought last night. While it is also worn, I think it is a significant upgrade. However, I will take these in almost any condition. If you are looking for one you might be waiting for quite a while to find one. For me the main selling point was the fact that the reverse on this coin features a very clear rendering of the letters in IVDEA.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other selling point was the fact that this is a hoard coin. It is a part of the Westbury Sub-Mendip hoard. I have a few hoard coins and I love having these coin where the findspot has been identified. To me this is excellent provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the webpage: </p><p><br /></p><p>“This coin is part of the Westbury Sub Mendip hoard of 188 Roman silver denari, found during 2016 by a metal detectorist, the hoard was subject of an archaeological excavation and was declared Treasure under The Treasure Act. With no museum wishing to acquire the coins they were returned to the finder and made available to private collectors by us.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206165[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your upgrades or your favourite coins of Vespasian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian AR denarius, Rome mint, c. 21 Dec 69 - early 70 A.D.;</p><p>Obv: Laureate head right; IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG,;</p><p>Rev: Judaea or Jewess seated right on ground at foot of palm tree behind her, her hands bound behind and tied to the tree, IVDAEA in exergue;</p><p>RIC 4 (R), Hendin 1480, BMCRE II 43, RSC 229, SRCV I 2297</p><p>This coin is part of the Westbury Sub Mendip hoard of 188 Roman silver denari, found during 2016 by a metal detectorist</p><p>Ex: Silbury Coins[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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