Vespasian- new gift from my Wife

[expat]

My Wife never fails to surprise me. This arrived this morning, a Vespasian provincial. After I had opened it she said she had noticed that in my collection there were only a few portraits thatfaced left. So she bought me one.

Vespasian AE 21mm, 6.38g of Antioch, Syria. ca 74 AD.
RPC Volume: II №: 2011
Reign: Vespasian Persons: Vespasian (Augustus)
City: Antioch  Region: Syria Province: Syria
Denomination: Bronze (21 mm) Average weight: 7.21 g.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG; laureate head of Vespasian, left
Reverse: S C; in laurel wreath
Reference: Wruck 97, BMC 218, McAlee 43

 

Edited November 29, 2024 by expat

[CPK]

Wow, that's very special! A great coin, too. Congratulations!

[JAZ Numismatics]

Wait, your wife buys you coins? What the hell?

Edited November 30, 2024 by JAZ Numismatics

[expat]

9 minutes ago, JAZ Numismatics said:

Wait, your wife buys you coins? What the hell?

She sure does. She is a history lover and gets pleasure from seeing them in hand. Norwegians have a long history too.

[Hrefn]

In the First Age, in the land of the Numismoreans, before evil entered the hearts of the people, and the Blesséd Isles were destroyed in a watery cataclysm, it is written that the wives of those days would seek rare coins, and gift them to their husbands.  But this was long ago.  Even the memories of the Wise can scarce reach back to such otherwise forgotten times.  Few of the Race of Men have witnessed such conduct in our present, diminished Age.  

[JAZ Numismatics]

41 minutes ago, Hrefn said:

In the First Age, in the land of the Numismoreans, before evil entered the hearts of the people, and the Blesséd Isles were destroyed in a watery cataclysm, it is written that the wives of those days would seek rare coins, and gift them to their husbands.  But this was long ago.  Even the memories of the Wise can scarce reach back to such otherwise forgotten times.  Few of the Race of Men have witnessed such conduct in our present, diminished Age.  

[Nerosmyfavorite68]

That's quite a nice example of the type!  Your wife made a most thoughtful gift.

[mcwyler]

Nice present!  My most recent Vespasian, which I'm afraid I had to buy myself:

 

SYRIA. Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian.(69-79). Tetradrachm. 14.34g, 26mm. 
AYTOKPAT KAIΣA OVEΣΠAΣIANOY. Laureate head right. / ETOYΣ Δ IEPOY. Eagle standing left on club; palm branch in field. Dated “Holy Year” 4 (AD 71/2). 
RPC II, 1950; BMC 233; McClean 9381. Prieur 116.
 

[ominus1]

..very nice!...you have a special wife! 🙂

[David Atherton]

14 hours ago, expat said:

My Wife never fails to surprise me. This arrived this morning, a Vespasian provincial. After I had opened it she said she had noticed that in my collection there were only a few portraits thatfaced left. So she bought me one.

Vespasian AE 21mm, 6.38g of Antioch, Syria. ca 74 AD.
RPC Volume: II №: 2011
Reign: Vespasian Persons: Vespasian (Augustus)
City: Antioch  Region: Syria Province: Syria
Denomination: Bronze (21 mm) Average weight: 7.21 g.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG; laureate head of Vespasian, left
Reverse: S C; in laurel wreath
Reference: Wruck 97, BMC 218, McAlee 43

 

Great Vespasian, very stylish!

Your coin was actually minted in Rome: RIC 1565 (C2). BMC 894. RPC 1984 (20 spec.). BNC 913. Traditionally, these coins had been attributed to either Commagene (BMCRE) or Syria (RPC, and doubtfully so in RIC), but more recent scholarship has shown they actually were struck in Rome. The circulation pattern confirms this - out of a total of 112 of the smaller denominations cited by RPC, all but 4 were found in Western Europe.

RPC 2011, actually struck at Antioch, has a completely different style and circulation pattern.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=176074

[expat]

17 minutes ago, David Atherton said:

Great Vespasian, very stylish!

Your coin was actually minted in Rome: RIC 1565 (C2). BMC 894. RPC 1984 (20 spec.). BNC 913. Traditionally, these coins had been attributed to either Commagene (BMCRE) or Syria (RPC, and doubtfully so in RIC), but more recent scholarship has shown they actually were struck in Rome. The circulation pattern confirms this - out of a total of 112 of the smaller denominations cited by RPC, all but 4 were found in Western Europe.

RPC 2011, actually struck at Antioch, has a completely different style and circulation pattern.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=176074

Thanks for the info. I just copied the attribution that came with the coin. It is always good when someone can give a more accurate definition. I will change it.

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

The CFO is definitely a keeper. I was never able to get much sympathy for coin collecting from my wife in days of yore.