I have a few speciality sub-collections that probably go way beyond what some would consider looking at. Within the COS II series (RIC and BMCRE call this Emesa) for Septimius Severus there are a number of coins that end COS II but have a style that is closer to the IMP II series and these coins all come with a variety of deviations from the standard COS II obverse legend. I am aware of 9 different obverse dies and chase after examples whenever I see them offered. I have a gallery of all my examples over on Forvm, which can be seen here:- https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6486 I have numbered (quite arbitrarily) the obverse dies as O1 to O9. The following coin is a new one to me and is my 6th examples with my O3 obverse and is a reverse type that I have not seen with the O3 die before. I have the reverse type with my O1, O5 and O7 dies but haven't any reverse die matches. I am also searching for reverse die links to other series as this might at some stage provide some evidence where these peculiar coins fit in with the other series. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CA L SEP SEV - PER AVG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:– BONA SPES, Spes standing holding flower and lifting skirt Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194 – A.D. 195 Reference:– BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC - 1.80g, 16.87mm, 0o Have I gone beyond obsession yet?
