AR Denarius,
3.26 g, 19 mm, 6h., Roma mint, c. September to December CE 79
RSC 287a BMC 23
RIC 41
O: laur bust
left, IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM
R: Ceres
seated left holding wheat ear and poppy in rt hand, lighted torch in left, TRP
VIIII IMP XV COS VII PP
an example of this coin sold at Gemini X (2013) lot 664 ex: Harry N. Sneh Collection. The note accompanying that example stated "Very rare with portrait left, a variant first reported in ASFN 1884, p. 175. RIC 41 cites another specimen from Boric-Breskovic's catalogue of the Belgrade collection; ours could be only the third recorded."
The example depicted here appears to be the fifth recorded.
The other four were the Gemini example, an example sold by CNG in 2012 and an example posted on Forum Ancient Coins Gallery that had been acquired from the French firm CGB in 2012 and a fairly worn example from the ANS OCRE site from the Museu de Prehistòria de València , that was part of the 1990's Llíria Hoard (http://nomisma.org/id/lliria_hoard).
an example of this coin sold at Gemini X (2013) lot 664 ex: Harry N. Sneh Collection. The note accompanying that example stated "Very rare with portrait left, a variant first reported in ASFN 1884, p. 175. RIC 41 cites another specimen from Boric-Breskovic's catalogue of the Belgrade collection; ours could be only the third recorded."
The example depicted here appears to be the fifth recorded.
The other four were the Gemini example, an example sold by CNG in 2012 and an example posted on Forum Ancient Coins Gallery that had been acquired from the French firm CGB in 2012 and a fairly worn example from the ANS OCRE site from the Museu de Prehistòria de València , that was part of the 1990's Llíria Hoard (http://nomisma.org/id/lliria_hoard).
