maridvnvm Posted October 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 26, 2022 These eastern mints have a whole range of Fortuna types by this I mean that the reverse legends are Fortuna based but the deity is not always the standard Fortuna with rudder and cornucopia types. One of these other types is Fortuna as Hilaritas i.e. holding long palm and cornucopiae RIC lists a single variant in the main listings - RIC 453 Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP II, Laureate head right Rev:– FORT R-EDVC, Fortuna (Hilaritas), standing front, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare, A.D. 194 References:– RSC 157, RIC 453 (Scarce) citing Cohen 157 where the the reverse description has been accidentally curtailed RIC does mention two other variants in the footnotes - as above but PERET instead of PERT in the obverse legend and FORT RDVC (sic) with PERTE instead of PERT in the obverse legend I have an example of this second variation. By the way the obverse of this coin is the origin of my avatar Obv:– L SEPT SEV P-ERTE AVG IMP - II, Laureate head right Rev:– FORT R-DVC, Fortuna (Hilaritas), standing front, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare, A.D. 194 I have a different variation from the other footnoted coin but my coin has PERTE instead of PERET Obv:- L SEPT SEV PE-RTE AVG IMP II, laureate head right Rev:- FORT REDVC, Fortuna (Hilaritas), standing front, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae. Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 194 Reference(s) – BMC -. RIC -. RSC -. PERET and FORT RDEVC Fortuna (Hilaritas), standing front, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare, A.D. 194 References:– RIC - This brittle coin was broken and being held together by the 2x2 it was held in. I didn't know this until I freed it and dozens of little flakes of coin poured out. They were too small for me to make any attempt at reconstruction PERET and FORTVN REDVCC or possibly REDVCV Obv:- L SEPT SEV PE-RET AVG IMP I - I, laureate head right Rev:- FORTVN R-EDVCC (sic), Fortuna (Hilaritas), standing front, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae. Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 194 Reference(s) – BMC -. RIC -. RSC -. Another peculiarity PERTE with FORT R AVG Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERTE AVG IMP II, Laureate head right Rev:– FORT R AVG, Fortuna (Hilaritas), standing front, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 194 Reference:– BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC -. 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted October 19, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 Just about a year later and I have added an alternative (double die match?) to the IMP II = RDEVC above Some find marks on the obverse combined with what looks like a nice sharp reverse. There appears to be a doe break forming on the D in RDEVC. The E does not appear to have a central bar. You can see evidence of the engraver's worlk in the vertical bar of the D. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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