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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7690780, member: 85693"]Congratulations on completing this interesting mini-set of Vespasian/Mars, [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] That's a nice-looking group. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although I don't really actively seek much of anything by way of ancients, I did luck into that left-facing bust type with the grain ear - I say "luck" because it was part of an undescribed eBay lot and was less that three bucks. Conditionwise, it isn't very lucky at all. Is it possible this is an obverse die match to yours? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1320477[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Vespasian Denarius</b></p><p><b>(77-78 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head left / COS VIII Mars standing left with spear and trophy, corn ear in ground to right.</p><p>RSC 128; RIC 940</p><p>(3.14 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have the common right-facing bust, no grain ear:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1320478[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Vespasian Denarius</b></p><p><b>(77-78 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / [COS] VIII, Mars, helmeted,</p><p>naked except for cloak, holding spear slanting in right hand and trophy on left shoulder in left.</p><p>RIC 937; BMC 200.</p><p>(3.12 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7690780, member: 85693"]Congratulations on completing this interesting mini-set of Vespasian/Mars, [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] That's a nice-looking group. Although I don't really actively seek much of anything by way of ancients, I did luck into that left-facing bust type with the grain ear - I say "luck" because it was part of an undescribed eBay lot and was less that three bucks. Conditionwise, it isn't very lucky at all. Is it possible this is an obverse die match to yours? [ATTACH=full]1320477[/ATTACH] [B]Vespasian Denarius (77-78 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head left / COS VIII Mars standing left with spear and trophy, corn ear in ground to right. RSC 128; RIC 940 (3.14 grams / 18 mm) I also have the common right-facing bust, no grain ear: [ATTACH=full]1320478[/ATTACH] [B]Vespasian Denarius (77-78 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / [COS] VIII, Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak, holding spear slanting in right hand and trophy on left shoulder in left. RIC 937; BMC 200. (3.12 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]
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