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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 8428033, member: 74282&quot;]I recently picked up a victoriatus which brings the total count in my collection to 18 different varieties. That may seem like a lot but I&#039;m actually only about a quarter of the way to completing the series and still missing both many of the most common varieties and many of the rarest ones. This type is one of the scarcer varieties with a mintmark LT. Unlike the much more common L mintmarked victoriati, these with LT probably weren&#039;t minted at Luceria but instead, represent the transition away from Luceria to another mint, likely still in Apulia but closer to the fighting and where the money would be spent(contra Crawford, who thinks T may just refer to a mintmaster). Andrew McCabe suggests that mint might be Herdonia under Quintus Fabius Maximus filius and the abrupt change in style does suggest that it is a different mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can probably tell from the picture, this coin did come slabbed. Normally I try to avoid buying slabbed coins, but this coin was very attractively priced because this dealer inexplicably listed a large group of slabbed victoriati in economy(no strike/surface) slabs and priced them all based on the slab grade - so every &quot;MS&quot; coin, whether it was off struck and missing half the reverse or badly corroded or had a massive die crack running across it cost the same. Most were overpriced but this was a bargain. Of course, I made sure to crack it out as soon as it got home, and while I haven&#039;t had time to take my own good photographs of it or a video, I did take some quick &quot;in-hand&quot; shots because this coin is truly breathtaking, particularly the well-detailed reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1494526[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic AR Victoriatus(3.81g), Anonymous(&quot;LT&quot; series). ca. 214-212 B.C., Central Apulian mint under, perhaps under Quintus Fabius Maximus filius at Herdonia. Laureate head of Jupiter right. Border of dots / Victory standing right, crowning trophy with wreath; LT between. ROMA in exergue. Line border. Crawford 98a/1b</p><p><br /></p><p>Formerly slabbed by NGC 4374477-040 graded MS</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1494527[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As always, feel free to share anything relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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