This is one of those coins that I have been waiting on for some weeks to make it's way to me for some weeks. Bought after the lockdown had set in it has taken about 3 and a half weeks to make it from the US to the UK. It was released to the Royal Mail on Friday and arrived this morning but took about 3 weeks to make it out of the USPS. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CA L SE SEV PER AG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:– BONA SPES, Spes standing holding flower and lifting skirt Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194-195 Reference(s) – BMCRE -. RSC -. RIC -. Ex Victor Clark (@Victor_Clark) whoh shipped it very promptly. Thanks Victor. 3.48g, 18.40mm, 0o It joins a few of it's fellows in my speciality sub-collection of short legend dies of the eastern issues of Septimius Severus. This one adding to the number I have from this obverse die. Rev:– FORT REDVC, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder & cornucopia 2.40g, 18.83mm, 0o Rev:– FORT REDVC, Fortuna standing left, holding long scepter & cornucopia 2 different reverse dies 1.95g, 18mm, 0o 3.17g, 18.54mm, 0o Rev– LIBER AVG, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus in right hand, cornucopiae in left Rev:– MART-I V-ICTORI, Mars advancing right carrying spear and trophy. 3.16 gms. 0 degrees Martin
Martin, That's an impressive group of denarii ! I think you have cornered the market on coins from that obverse die .
Not quite.... but I am working on it. There are still some reverse types that I am aware of that exist with this die that elude me. As you can imagine, chasing coins for a particular obverse die or even a set of obverse dies, where each of these obverse dies is rare is a matter that takes huge amounts of patience.
Congrats on finding another, Martin! I'll echo others in that your set above is very impressive! A great new addition!
And now another from the same series. A different obverse die. IMP CA L SEP SEV - PER AVG COS II When I bought this coin I han't actually realised that I had a double die match but the older coin looks so different due to condition that I hadn't put the two together. New coin:- Obv:–IMP CA L SEP SEV PER AVG COS II, laureate head right Rev:– IOVI VICT, Jupiter, seated left, holding Victory and sceptre Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194-195 Reference:– RIC -. RSC -. BMCRE - previous example so I'll just call this an upgrade Other reverses from the same obverse die.... Rev:– BONA SPES, Spes standing holding flower and lifting skirt Rev:– BONI EVENTVS, Fides standing left holding basket of fruit and corn ears Somehow I have managed to obtain 3 of these..... not sure how or why.... I have seen the obverse and bought them and found that they were die matches later.... Rev:– VICTO-R AV-G, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm