Anepigraph


Reference : AYC #3 var 2, RIC 103 (note)
Weight: 26.08 grs
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: 36.00 mm
Scarcity: Very rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

AGRIPPINAAVGGERMANICI F CAESARIS AVG

Bare head with hairs in long plait behind and laureate bust of Agrippina II (Junior) to the right.

anepigraph

Carpentum drawn by two mules going to the left.

Photo of a coin sold the 06/06/2012 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 221, lot 130, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1308926, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

I noted the dots visible in the legend on the obverse, maybe (and even probably) other dots are present but erased. Which could for example give a similar caption to AYC # 3 (2). The dot between AVG and GERMANICI is above the vertical bar of the letter G of AVG.

For this type, the RIC 103 mentions in note that there is a variant with erased reverse (classified as uniface) where the obverse legend is AGRIPPINAE. Source: Vienna. For the copies that I was able to observe, I actually noted several coins with the letter E erased but the reverse is not uniface (classified AYC #3 var, RIC 103 note) ). The single-sided coins analyzed have the legend illegible due to wear, except one where it is clearly inscribed: AGRIPPINA (that i classified as AYC #3 var 3, RIC 103 (note) ). RIC description error? Need to verify. The RIC also cites a coin preserved in Berlin without erased reverse but with the E of AGRIPPINAE erased (classified here as AYC #3 var 2, RIC 103 (note) ).