Denarius, type 2


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

Rx F (the letters R, x and F under a tilde, two globules in vertical position in the middle).

QVCCI _ VVIC (inscribed in two lines separated by a line, a tilde above the letters C and C from QVCCI, a tilde above the letter C from VVIC. The letter C of VVIC linked to a line on the left).



Photo of a coin sold by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3989347, link to their website: http://www.elsen.eu/.

 

Many other copies preserved at the Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen of Berlin, link to the page of their website showing the photos of the coins: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultLightboxView/moduleContextFunctionBar.navigator.next&sp=10&sp=Scollection&sp=SfieldValue&sp=0&sp=0&sp=3&sp=Slightbox_3x4&sp=1080&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=F&sp=1092.

One more copy preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, link to the page of their website showing the photo of the coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10412613s?rk=54442328;4.

 

A coin seen with a legend resembling CVCCI instead of QVCCI: 

Photo of a coin sold by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=834788, link to their website: http://www.elsen.eu/.

 

An illustration seen with an additional tilde above the letters VV of VVCI ... most likely a damaged coin or an illustration not as precise as one can imagine, even if the existence of this coin is not to exclude. To be confirmed with a copy.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 4.000 5.000 6.000 7.000 ? ?