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Supplement No. 1
Supplement to the Catalogue
367. COS. V = A.D. 74 Æ 28 (as) MC (13.08 g; 11h); MC = Triton 13, 4 Jan. 2010, 1396/A039 (16.46 g; 11h). (V. Rare) Two photographs are added of this variety, which was listed but not illustrated in the catalogue. These are the second and third published specimens; the first (see RPC 2, 2007) is in the Berlin collection. All three coins are struck from the same obverse die, and the two shown here are also struck from the same reverse die. Their fabric resembles that of the undated S.C asses (nos. 362 and 364) rather than the smaller, thicker flans characteristic of the COS. IIII asses (no. 366). Butcher14 grouped the COS. V asses with the undated ones as “Issue 2,” but despite the similarity of fabric there are significant differences between the dated coins and the undated ones: the dated coins have a bust with drapery on the near shoulder (as do the Group 10 tetradrachms), while the undated coins have a head with no drapery. In addition, the dated coins do not have a dot (officina mark) adjacent to the S.C, while the undated coins do, and the dated coins are known only in the larger denomination, while the undated coins appear in two denominations. Moreover, the undated coins are die-linked to the “name and wreath” coins dated Year 125 (A.D. 76/77),15 so they were probably not struck at the same time as the coins dated COS. V (A.D. 74). On the first example shown there is a circular line visible below the obverse legend similar to that seen on Vespasian’s Syrian denarii and aurei dated COS. IIII and the Group 10 tetradrachms (see discussion at p. 159). The author continues to favor the attribution of all the coins dated COS. IIII or COS. V to the same mint which produced the Group 10 tetradrachms, which in this author’s view was more probably Tyre than Antioch.
389B. COS. VIII = A.D. 80-81 Æ 28 (orichalcum dupondius) Obv. IMP. T. CAES. DIVI. VESP. F. AVG. P.M. Radiate head of Titus r. Rev. COS. VIII CENS. TR. POT. P.M.T.P. Winged caduceus between crossed cornucopiae. RIC 22 --; MC = Pegasi Numismatics 22, 20 April 2010, 444 (11.53 g). (Ex. Rare) This unique coin is clearly patterned after the similar dupondii issued under Vespasian, which were part of an issue of four orichalcum denominations intended for circulation in the east (see no. 369 above and Supplement to the Commentary at p. 9 above).
369. COS. V = A.D. 74 Æ 26 (orichalcum dupondius) Archaeological Center 41, 2 Oct. 2007, 55. This coin has a countermark of the Tenth Legion (Howgego, GIC 729), which demonstrates that these dupondii circulated in the east.
409. Æ 28 (as) (d) Dot to r. Tom Cederlind Numismatics & Antiquities, VCoins, July 2008 (13.67 g). (Ex. Rare)
388. COS. III = A.D. 74 Æ 26 (orichalcum dupondius) RIC 22 (Vespasian) 767; eBay Item No. 350046245251. (Ex. Rare) A photograph is added of this rare hybrid, which was listed but not illustrated in the catalogue.
406. Æ 28 (as) (d) No dot. Ancient Art Jerusalem, eBay Item No. 330276656692, Oct. 2008. This example has a countermark of a thunderbolt, which is the symbol of Legion XII. Howgego, GIC 472 listed the countermark as appearing on S.C coins of Augustus and Claudius only, although another countermark of Legion XII (GIC 737) occurs on coins of Domitian. This coin confirms that the thunderbolt countermark was applied during or after the reign of Domitian. 407. Æ 28 (as) (d) Δ Höhn 66, 5 Dec. 2009, 699 (16.80 g). (V. Rare) A photograph is added of this variety, which was listed but not illustrated in the catalogue. (f) 2 J&C’s Coins, eBay Item No. 290214201049, Aug. 2008 (V. Rare) A photograph is added of this variety, which was listed but not illustrated in the catalogue. Note the form of digamma, which is different from the usual 4. (h) H CNG Electronic Auction 181, 6 Feb. 2008, 228 (12.77 g; 12h). (V. Rare) A photograph is added of this variety, which was listed but not illustrated in the catalogue.
412. Æ 22 (semis) (d) B (horizontal, directly above the wreath ties). Peus 398, 27 April 2009, 743 (7.63 g). (Ex. Rare) 421. Æ 29 (as) (l) No numeral-letter. Hirsch 260, 1214 Feb. 2009, 2003. (V. Rare) A photograph is added of this variety, which was listed but not illustrated in the catalogue. 485. AR didrachm Elisha Coins, eBay Item No. 290258548814 (7.6 g). (Ex. Rare) A photograph of a better example of this variety is added, clearly showing the aegis on Trajan’s neck.
Butcher, pp. 351-52. There is a die linkage between a “name and wreath” coin with a head of Titus (BMC 239) and an undated SC coin with a head of Titus (Paris 308). 14 15