CPK Posted July 13 · Supporter Share Posted July 13 Here is a new coin I acquired a little while ago: a rare as minted in Lugdunum under Vespasian in AD 71. I like the portrait especially - a good example of a strong, early-style portrait from Lugdunum. The legend is also complete and crisply struck. The reverse isn't quite as nice, being off-center, but it's not too bad. The coin came with a fair amount of concrete-like encrustations and was rather garishly stripped, so after cleaning it up I gave it a quick rinse in a bath of liver of sulfur to darken it again. I must admit, it turned out a bit darker than I had expected, but it's much better than it was and I'm happy with it. Thanks for looking and please feel free to comment and/or post your own relevant coins! VESPASIAN, AD 69-79 AE As (28.88mm, 10.81g, 7h) Struck AD 71. Lugdunum mint Obverse: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head of Vespasian right with globe at point of neck Reverse: FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; S C across fields References: RIC II 1164, RCV - A rare type with an exceptional portrait. 14 1 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted July 13 · Member Share Posted July 13 Thanks for sharing. Do you have a photo before cleaning? Here my Vespasian dupondius with a stouter left-facing portrait: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted July 13 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 13 1 minute ago, Postvmvs said: Thanks for sharing. Do you have a photo before cleaning? Here my Vespasian dupondius with a stouter left-facing portrait: Unfortunately no, I didn't take any before pictures. Nice coin! I used to have a similar dupondius (Felicitas though, not Fortuna.) I sold it awhile back though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Atherton Posted July 13 · Member Share Posted July 13 48 minutes ago, CPK said: Here is a new coin I acquired a little while ago: a rare as minted in Lugdunum under Vespasian in AD 71. I like the portrait especially - a good example of a strong, early-style portrait from Lugdunum. The legend is also complete and crisply struck. The reverse isn't quite as nice, being off-center, but it's not too bad. The coin came with a fair amount of concrete-like encrustations and was rather garishly stripped, so after cleaning it up I gave it a quick rinse in a bath of liver of sulfur to darken it again. I must admit, it turned out a bit darker than I had expected, but it's much better than it was and I'm happy with it. Thanks for looking and please feel free to comment and/or post your own relevant coins! VESPASIAN, AD 69-79 AE As (28.88mm, 10.81g, 7h) Struck AD 71. Lugdunum mint Obverse: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head of Vespasian right with globe at point of neck Reverse: FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; S C across fields References: RIC II 1164, RCV - A rare type with an exceptional portrait. Fantastic rarity! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted July 13 · Member Share Posted July 13 Great looking coin, especially the portrait 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted July 13 · Member Share Posted July 13 My favorite portrait of Vespasian comes on an AS. I use the Taters photos because mine are not as nice. Flavian portraits are very charming. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted July 13 · Supporter Share Posted July 13 (edited) 3 hours ago, CPK said: Here is a new coin I acquired a little while ago: a rare as minted in Lugdunum under Vespasian in AD 71. I like the portrait especially - a good example of a strong, early-style portrait from Lugdunum. The legend is also complete and crisply struck. The reverse isn't quite as nice, being off-center, but it's not too bad. The coin came with a fair amount of concrete-like encrustations and was rather garishly stripped, so after cleaning it up I gave it a quick rinse in a bath of liver of sulfur to darken it again. I must admit, it turned out a bit darker than I had expected, but it's much better than it was and I'm happy with it. Thanks for looking and please feel free to comment and/or post your own relevant coins! VESPASIAN, AD 69-79 AE As (28.88mm, 10.81g, 7h) Struck AD 71. Lugdunum mint Obverse: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head of Vespasian right with globe at point of neck Reverse: FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; S C across fields References: RIC II 1164, RCV - A rare type with an exceptional portrait. A very nice catch @CPK! my latest coin is not rare, but is also from Vespasian in year 71, from a mint other than Rome. https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-vespasian-from-ephesus Edited July 13 by Sulla80 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 13 · Supporter Share Posted July 13 Nice acquisition @CPK Lovely portrait and clear obverse legend. I have only one but from Rome Vespasian Denarius, Rome 72-73 AD. RIC 360, (RIC [1962] 50), RSC 574, BMC 71 SEAR 2316. 18mm, 3.19g. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head right / VES-TA to either side of Vesta standing left, holding simpulum & scepter. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted July 13 · Member Share Posted July 13 A Vespasian green as somewhat nicer in hand (Rome) 23 mm, 11,02 g. Vespasian 69-79. Æ as. Rome. 71 AD. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, head of Vespasian, laureate, right / AEQVITAS AVGVSTI S C, Aequitas, draped. standing left, holding scales in right hand and long vertical rod in left. RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 287. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted July 13 · Member Share Posted July 13 Great coin! Congratulation! This is my As of Vespasian 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted July 13 · Supporter Share Posted July 13 Coingrats on the excellent portrait! Here's my favorite Vespy from a year or two before yours: VESPASIAN Denarius. Minted AD 69-70 . ASIA MINOR. Anv.: IMP. CAES. VESPAS. AVG. Laureate head to the right. Rev .: AVG within laurel. 3.42 grs. Dark patina. Nice piece. EBC / Vespasianus. Nice coin with dark patina and extremely fine. C-36b; RIC-311; BMC-497. Purchased from Soler y Llach, Coleccion Scipio, Oct 2021 4 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted July 13 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 13 Thanks everyone! I like seeing all the great Vespasian coins posted. For some reason, I find his coins to be among the easiest to accumulate. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted July 14 · Supporter Share Posted July 14 There's a wee bit of variability in the portraits in this thread - I guess that Vespasian might have looked most like the coin from Rome (right most of these 4) - where they might have had some chance of seeing him in real life. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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