David Atherton Posted September 18 · Member Share Posted September 18 I really love coins like this. The reverse die contains an egregious spelling error, probably engraved at the end of the day on a Friday. 😉 Vespasian Æ As, 10.19g Lyon mint, 77-78 AD Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.; globe at point of bust Rev: AEQVITAS AVGVS (sic); S C in field; Aequitas stg. l., with scales and rod RIC 1228 (R2). BMC -. BNC 840. Ex CGB, August 2024. A rare as from Vespasian's large bronze issue struck in 77-78 at Lugdunum (modern Lyon), presumably to address a coin shortage in the Western provinces late in the reign. This Aequitas reverse features an engraver's error, AVGVS instead of AVGVSTI. Oxford and Paris have specimens featuring this error, both are reverse die matches with the present coin. Apparently only one die is responsible for this oddity. Rated as 'very rare' in RIC. In hand. Please feel free to share your own 'error' coins. As always, thank you for looking! 19 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted September 18 · Supporter Share Posted September 18 Another great cgb score! 👍 Is the rarity rating just for the type, or is it specifically for the error too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted September 18 · Member Share Posted September 18 A ver nic scor! despite the wear, the portrait is bold too. I am currently waiting for my Domitian imitation denarius, where the engraver forgot how to write during the die creation, but that's a different story. What I can offer is a Nero/Poppaea tetradrachm from Alexandria, where this is not exactly the engraver rushing to the tavern, but a die clash that made the name of the empress having the first letter double. I really hoped this is a grave spelling error, apparently the explanation is simpler. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted September 18 · Member Share Posted September 18 Nice coin, and great song too! Here is a Victorinus I picked up recently. Not the best condition, but unusually his name is misspelled. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrefn Posted September 18 · Supporter Share Posted September 18 I picked up this solidus last year after placing a very low tracking bid on it, just to see what price it would command. No one else bid on it, so I became its new owner although that had not been my intention. I do like the rather owl-like angel on the reverse. It was not until I had the coin in hand that I noticed the obverse inscription: DINVSTINIANVS The rest of the inscription has another error. The “V” in PP AVG is an upside-down “A”. Solidus of Justinian I, AD 527-565 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Atherton Posted September 18 · Member Author Share Posted September 18 3 hours ago, CPK said: Is the rarity rating just for the type, or is it specifically for the error too? The error variety has been assigned its own RIC catalogue number and frequency rating. Apparently, enough of them survived antiquity to be noticed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 19 · Patron Share Posted September 19 My favorite inscription error is this VINO REGINA (Wine the Queen) instead of IVNO REGINA (Juno the Queen) coin of Cornelia Salonina! 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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