SA's Anniversary Giveaway: 4 coins up for grabs!

@Roman Collector - Oh! Septimus Severus will be very jealous! He wants to be the last coin I collect. He wants no others after him! Oh! What to do? What to doooooo!??? Uh oh, here he comes!



SS: {{{{Cointesssssaa!!!}}}}

LaC: Severus, Sir?

SS: What is this I hear about you accepting a coin of this other Severus??!?

LaC: Why Sir, I never!!

SS: You said you were satisfied and completely content with your coin of me!! You have changed your way of thinking about your special coin?

LaC: Never!! I need no other coin in life to admire, ruler of my heart! Look, I always keep you right here!

SS: Well, since you are well behaved we will see what I decide in case you happen to win the other Severus.

LaC: Thank you. I will do and I will listen.

SS: By the way, that is a very generous give away by Severus Alexander!

 

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Happy anniversary SA! Tons of awesome coins in this thread.

Moesia, Markianopolis. Severus Alexander AE26 Severus Alexander AE26 of Markianopolis. Legate Tiberius Julius Festus.
Obv: AVT K M AVP CEV ALEZANDPOC, laureate head right.
Rev: VP TIB IOVL FECTOV MARKIANOPOLITWN, eagle standing left on rod, head left with wreath in its beak.


Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. Providentia
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate bust right with draped far shoulder / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left with grain ears over modius and anchor. Cohen 509. RIC 645.

Bithynia, Nicaea. Severus Alexander AE21
Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Nicaea, Bithynia
Obverse M AΥΡ CEΥH AΛEΞAΔΡOC AV, laureate head right.
Reverse NI-KA-IE-ΩN, three standards; nice portrait, nice glossy green patina.

 

Beautiful coins!

 

Well, you can be sure that I'll let you know right away if I ever hear of one!

Aw, shucks, thanks Chris. And thanks for posting that nice thick sest., who doesn't love one of those??

@LaCointessa: never fear, if you win via @Roman Collector, I will include a paper envelope for your Sept. Sev. He'll never know you're cheating on him! Just make sure to put all your other coins away when you take him out.

@ancientone, awesome, your second one is the sest. version of my first coin, the rather corroded AE as posted above. I must say, yours has a very nice anchor! Here's mine:


and here's the denarius, which was my first avatar here:

 

Probably SS will have me pay it forward if I win through @Roman Collector. I hope that is okay. It is so generous of you, Roman Collector to think of me and I thoroughly appreciate the kind gesture.

(P.S. I am not the cheating kind).

 

You have been active on this forum Severus , almost 1600 messages in one year !
Congrats my Canadian friend.

 

My favorite and the sharpest Severus Alexander denarius:
Severus Alexander, 222-235, AR Denarius, Rome, AD 227,
Ob. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right,
Rev. P M TR P VI COS II P P, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC 64.

 

More great coins, @Andres2 and @gogili1977, thank you!!

 

OK, since the entries are tailing off, I will make the deadline 24 hours from this post.

Here's my avatar coin, a sestertius from 228 with emperor sacrificing reverse. I like the portrait, reverse type, and it also has my favourite type of patina on a bronze coin.

 

Yes indeed.

 

Congrats SA on your CT anniversary, and thanks for hosting a giveaway. I have two Severus Alexander coins in my collection.

I've shared this one on Coin Talk before. It's the second ancient coin I acquired in the +$US100 range, and the first coin in my collection that really blew me away when I held it in hand for the first time:



I bought the second one last year. I'd had a busy 2016-17: relocating home after 5 years in Japan, finding work, getting my family settled, and so on... which meant there hadn't been much time for coins. This was a nice coin at a nice price, and it broke a 12 month period of no coin acquisitions. I don't think I've shared it on CT before:

 

I'm a bit late to the party, sorry @Severus Alexander ...

Here they are as you asked


Severus Alexander, Denarius Rome mint, AD 225
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, Laureate head of Severus Alexander right
IOVI VLTORI, Jupiter seated left holding victory and spear
3.26 gr
Ref : RCV #7873 (75), Cohen #97



Severus Alexander, Denarius Rome mint, AD 225
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, Laureate and draped bust right
P M TRP IIII COS P P Mars advancing right, carrying spear and trophy
3.19 gr
Ref : RCV # 7898 (75), C # 260



Severus Alexander, Denarius Rome mint, AD 232
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head right
PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia and branch, modius at feet
3.67 gr
Ref : RIC # 250, Cohen # 501, RCV # 7922 (75)



Severus Alexander, Sestertius Rome mint AD 231
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, Laureate bust of Severus Alexander righ, with light drapery on left shoulder
IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, with a small figure of the emperor at his feet, SC in field
14.75 gr
Ref : RCV #7966, Cohen # 74


And those two antoniniani from the Divi series, sharing the same obverse die (cherry on the cake )


Severus Alexander, Antoninianus Rome mint AD 250/251
DIVO ALEXANDRO Radiate head right
CONSECRATIO Large altar
3.84 gr
Ref : RIC IV # 98, Cohen # 598, RCV # 9485
in qblay's catalog : AL26/P149



Severus Alexander, Antoninianus Rome mint AD 250/251
DIVO ALEXANDRO Radiate head right
CONSECRATIO Eagle facing
3.38 gr
Ref : RIC IV # 97, Cohen # 599, RCV # 9484
in qblay's catalog : AL26/A146

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Oh, and happy anniversary of course (stupid me, I forgot...)

To be forgiven here are the dude's mum and grandma


Julia Mamea, denarius Rome mint AD 228
IVLIA MAMEA AVG, Draped and diademed bust of Mamea right
FELICITAS PUBLICA, Felicity standing left, holding a caduceus and leaning on a column
3.39 gr
Ref : Cohen #17, RCV #8209



Julia Mamaea, Sestertius Rome mint, AD 224
IVLIA MAMA EA AVGVSTA, Draped and diademed bust right
VENERI FELICI, Venus standing right, holding Cupid and a sceptre. SC in field
17.85 gr
Ref : RIC # 694, RCV # 8232, Cohen # 62



Julia Maesa, Denarius Rome mint AD 218-220
IVLIA MAESA AVG, Bust of Maesa right
IVNO, Juno standing left holding patera and sceptre
3.48 gr
Ref : RCV #7750, Cohen #16

Q

 

Wow, those who are fashionably late are also the party's stars! Incredible coins. @Daniel_R6, both of those denarii are top flight, but you're right, that first one blows me away. I look forward to seeing a photo of it out of the plastic!

And @Cucumbor... well, English does not suffice! La crème de la crème!!! Merci, mon ami de la pièce...

 

Only half an hour left to get your entries in!! Here are the entries so far, in the order received. I'll draw for first choice right after the closing time.

1) TIF
2) Roman Collector
3) panzerman
4) dougsmit
5) maridvnvm
6) Mat
7) ValiantKnight
8) Ryro
9) Nathan401
10) randygeki
11) Curtisimo
12) ycon
13) bsr045
14) zumbly
15) Bing
16) Johndakerftw
17) Alegandron
18) Pompeius
19) chrsmat71
20) ancientone
21) Andres2
22) gogili1977
23) Daniel_R6
24) Cucumbor

 

Contest is closed, thanks for all the entries!

 

And the first winner is...

... @ValiantKnight! (I swear I didn't rig it to pick my Secret Saturn 2017!) Congratulations!! Which coin do you want?

 

Oh my goodness I don't know what to say!


Given my very busy life right now this is a wonderful surprise. Thanks again SA and happy CT anniversary! I myself will complete #5 real soon. And thanks for all the congratulations on the other thread guys!

PM will be sent real soon

 

OK, VK has chosen the Aurelian denarius... congrats on the great choice! (Of course I think they're all great choices...)

OK... next winner up shortly...

 

And the next winner is...