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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.18g. (7h). Antioch, 72-3 AD. Obv: IMP CAE[S] VES[P AV]G P M COS IIII Head laureate right, below neck incuse letters DIA, retrograde. Rx: NEP - RED Muscular Neptune standing left, nude except for cloak hanging from left shoulder, placing right foot on globe and holding acrostolium and scepter. RIC 1555 (C ). BM 506. RPC 1928 (13 spec.). Cohen 274 (2 Fr.). Portrait in high relief. EF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
The incuse DIA below portrait appears to be clashing damage from a CONCORDIA AVGVSTI reverse die earlier coupled with this same obverse die; interesting, because clashing damage can usually only be observed on the reverses of Roman coins, not on the obverses.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
The incuse DIA below portrait appears to be clashing damage from a CONCORDIA AVGVSTI reverse die earlier coupled with this same obverse die; interesting, because clashing damage can usually only be observed on the reverses of Roman coins, not on the obverses.