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OK, here's the situation. I have IDed this coin as such: Tacitus (275-276), antoninianus, Serdica mint. obv: radiate crowned bust facing right. IMP C M CL TACITVS P AVG rev: Providentia, between two standards, and Sol standing and facing. Star in field. PROVIDEN DEOR KA (dot) A (dot) in exergue  My problem is that I forgot to include a reference number. So I went on wildwinds to look it up. Now here's my problem... it does not fit 100% to any description, but matches, in parts, 4 different descriptions. What I mean is that the obverse description will match, but not the reverse, or vice versa. The 4 I am referring to are RIC 195, Estiot 2402, Estiot 2404, and Estiot 2393var. I am fairly new to roman coins, so I may be uneducated to the cataloging of the coins. Is it one of the mentioned variations, a not listed on wildwinds variation, or something totally different? Please help. Thank you in advance. |
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Edited by Gil-galad
11/23/2011 6:42 pm
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Thank you! A reference site that I was not aware of.
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On that site, it shows RIC195, C94 and RIC195v. I assume the 195v means variant. Can you explain the difference in the designations if I am wrong? Forgive me, but I am new and trying to learn.
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This a RIC V 195v: Tacitus. AD 275-276. Antoninianus (23mm, 4.10 g, 12h). Serdica mint, 1st officina. 3rd emission, early-mid AD 276. IMP C M CL TACITVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PRO VIDEN D EOR, Providentia standing right, holding signum in each hand and Sol standing left, raising hand and holding globe; (star)//KAA. Cf. RIC V 195; BN 1785 var. Take a look at this link at acsearch.com: http://www.acsearch.info/search.htm...&c=&a=&l=#31Wildwinds is a good resource as is dirtyoldcoins, but neither are complete. I generally use wildwinds as my starting point and then move to some other reference source on-line (acsearch being one). There are a lot of good places to search so stay around a while and you'll learn them all. BTW, if I haven't said it before,  |
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Unfortunately, I can't answer your question (I did look all over the place). I know that RIC stands for Roman Imperial Coins. The number corresponds to a large volume book set. I also assume v is for variant but I do not know what C94 stands for. I do not own any of the books and I am also new to collecting Roman Imperial coins.
Hopefully someone can answer this question.
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11/23/2011 7:24 pm
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Thank you both for your help! I can finally put this one to bed.
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To collecting Ancients, Your coin has been IDed, so I just wanted to add that it is a very nice example. |
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C is for Cohen a great 8 volume set in French from the 1800's with a number series that was copied by RSC (Roman Silver Coins). Cohen cataloged by ruler and reverse legend so C1 probably started with an A (Abundentia) while RIC 1 was suppposed to be a coin issued first in the reign (at least the first group). Cohen made no attempt to organize beneath the level of the ruler shown on the obverse but his numbers sure made it easier to sort a collection. He completely ignored mintmarks as well and stopped recording Eastern emperor coins after Theodosius split the empire between his sons (Honorius is in Cohen but Arcadius is not since he was considered Byzantine. I like Cohen despite his quirks. He lists a lot of coins.
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Thank you Doug. You taught new something new today!
Echizento, my coin appreciates the compliment.
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