CONCORDIA AVGG


Reference : AYC #2 ov Ju. Mam, RIC 2
Weight: 2.80 grs
Metal: Silver
Diameter: 21.60 mm
Scarcity: Extremely rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP C P C REGALIANVS AVG

Radiate and draped bust of Regalianus to the right.

CONCORIA AVGG

The Emperor on the right and the Empress on the left, face to face. The emperor holding a victory with the right hand and a scroll with the left hand. The Empress raising her dress. Between them, an altar.

One coin preserved at the museum of Munich, Inventarnummer: 17-00210, link to the coin: https://www.kenom.de/id/record_DE-MUS-099114_kenom_184871.

''ov Ju. Mam'' in the reference: AYC #2 ov Ju. Mam, means that this coin is overstruck on a antoninian of Julia Mamaea. ''ov'' for overstruck. The rest of the legend MAEA AVG is legible on the obverse. The Munich museum noted that this coin is overstruck on an antoninian of Julia Mamea without specifying the type of reverse used. I think it is VESTA. I see the letters V and E very wide apart which indicates the type of reverse that I am quoting. This is what the original coin probably looks like:

Photo of a coin sold the 09/05/2018 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 106, lot 1635, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4955724, link to their website: http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/.

The RIC 5B page 586, n°1 quote the Cohen. The coin described has the obverse legend IMP C REGALIANVS AVG. Source quoted by the Cohen: Vienna Museum. I did not find this coin in the museum database. To confirm.

On the obverse, the letter D is inverted. For the description of the reverse I have provided some details compared to what we can usually read. I observed that the figure on the left appears to be wearing a tdiadem while the one on the right appears to be laureate. Additionally, the character on the left raise her dress and the one on the right, in addition to holding a victory, appears to be holding a scroll. This roll is hardly visible and can be a line of the garment. I estimated that it is indeed a scroll because the general shape indicates that the elbow of the left arm is bent and we see a small ball (hand?) in the middle of this presumed scroll. In any case, the simple fact of seeing the character on the left raising her dress indicates that it is the Empress and that therefore the one on the right is the Emperor. So far, I've only noticed one obverse and reverse die used for this type.