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Another White Whale Caught
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Last year I had acquired my first white whale, a issue of Severus Alexander minted a few months before his death & this year I have finally acquired another.
Some know here that I had built a small sub-set of Lucilla denarii, & over time, there was 2 I needed, "Laetitia" and "Concordia Standing". Laetitia I acquired on ebay, but the "Concordia Standing" was the type I needed last and looked literally every day at my usual haunts to find one in my price range.
A few weeks ago one surfaced on Vcoins & my price range and now it's in my collection.
So my second white whale is captured!
Lucilla (162 - 182 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, Draped bust right.
R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head left, holding patera and double cornucopiae.
Rome Mint
19mm
3.27g
RIC III 760.
Ex. Cabinet Numismatique, Genève.
New Virtual Tray with 2 new additions:
Some know here that I had built a small sub-set of Lucilla denarii, & over time, there was 2 I needed, "Laetitia" and "Concordia Standing". Laetitia I acquired on ebay, but the "Concordia Standing" was the type I needed last and looked literally every day at my usual haunts to find one in my price range.
A few weeks ago one surfaced on Vcoins & my price range and now it's in my collection.
So my second white whale is captured!
Lucilla (162 - 182 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, Draped bust right.
R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head left, holding patera and double cornucopiae.
Rome Mint
19mm
3.27g
RIC III 760.
Ex. Cabinet Numismatique, Genève.
New Virtual Tray with 2 new additions:
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Congratulations.
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Although I know next to nothing about these ancients, I can appreciate having the desire to create a sub-set and then realizing the white whales of that set and then following through to finally capture those whales!
Nice job!
She looks rather stoned or sleepy in that statue portrait.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.