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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     35-152      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Provincial Region:     Thessaly City:     Thessalian League Issuer:     Domitian, with Domitia Date Ruled:     81-96 Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Diassarion Date Struck:     81-96 Diameter:     19 mm Weight:     5.37 g Die Axis:     6 h Obverse Legend:     ΔOMITIANON KAICAPA ΘECCAΛOI Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Domitian right; star before neck Reverse Legend:     ΔOMITIAN CEBAΣTHN Reverse Description:     draped bust of Domitia right Primary Reference:     Burrer emission 2, 53 (A16/R43?) Reference2:     BCD Thessaly II 947 Reference3:     cf. Rogers 89 (direction of legends) Reference4:     RPC 284 Photograph Credit:     Agora Auctions, Inc. Source:     http://agoraauctions.com Grade:     Fine Notes:     (1) Agora Auction 35: Lot No. 152; (2) The types of the Thessalian League bronzes of Domitian with Domitia come in several minor varieties: with and without a star in the obverse right field, the direction of the legend, and the form of the Greek letter sigma (Σ, lunate C, angular C). This coin has the star in the obverse field, the normal left-to-right direction of the legend, and angular Cs with the exception of the second sigma in Domitia's titlature, where it appears as a normal Σ. Unless it has been tooled, which it does not appear to have been, then this is a new variety of this type (or perhaps better described as an error of an old variety). Unfortunately the reverse die photographed in Burrer, R43, is too poorly preserved to shed any light on this legend anomaly.

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