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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3181676, member: 82616&quot;]Last week I posted a newly acquired Felicitas dupondius. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-am-finally-taking-the-plunge.322777/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-am-finally-taking-the-plunge.322777/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-am-finally-taking-the-plunge.322777/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This week I would like to share the corresponding left facing portrait of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]820008[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ Dupondius, 9.47</p><p>Rome mint, 74 AD</p><p>RIC 716 (C2). BMC 698.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V CENS; Head of Vespasian, radiate, l.</p><p>Rev: FELICITAS PVBLICA; S C in field; Felicitas stg. l., with caduceus and cornucopiae</p><p>Ex eBay, August 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p>The left facing portrait variant of the COS V Felicitas is just as common as the right facing. On the denarii left facing portraits are much rarer! The super dark patina wreaked havoc with my limited photographic skills.</p><p><br /></p><p>I won this coin on eBay from a US seller who does not specialise in Ancient coins. It came with this older attribution tag folded up in the flip.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]820011[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone recognise what dealer it may be from? It&#039;s fairly nondescript, so admittedly this is a long shot. I would love to be able to provenance this coin further![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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