VIRTVS EQVIT


Reference : AYC #10 (2), RIC -
Weight: 3.76 grs
Metal: Billon
Diameter:
Scarcity: Scarce
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP POSTVMVS AVG

Radiate, draped et cuirassed bust of Aureolus to the right, seen from three quarters ahead.

VIRTVSE - QVIT

Virtus walking to the right, holding a spear with the right hand and a shield with the left hand.

Photo of a coin sold the 16/09/2016 by Paul-Francis Jacquier, Auction 42, lot 616, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3258834, link to their website: http://www.coinsjacquier.com/en/.

I tried to establish a classification of the coins according to the breaks of the legends, marks and dots. Difficult because the details are often out of blank, some coins are perhaps with dots or even an invisible mark but present on the die original. In this case, I report it here.

Link to a second coin of same type but impossible to know if a mark is absent or off blank. Coin sold the 25/02/2015 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 345, lot 506, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3319208, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

For the dots, this coin illustrated here may have others, one before the letter V and another after the letter T. For the dot after the letter T, it may be located in the crack of the coin (admittedly quite fine). Here is a third coin where only the left part of the reverse is off blank, coin seen on colleconline.com: https://www.colleconline.com/fr/items/145827/monnaie-antique-av-jc-a-ap-romaine-republicaine-imperiale-2e-emission.