Been looking for one of these in a sestertii for years - CNG had one about six months ago but it was a low point in my finances so I had to forego it.
Nice Septimius - I have one of the same type, but with an unlisted bust type. I have never been able to figure out why the Rome mint only used...
I think that Septimius was angry with the Senate over their support of Clodius Albinus - not that the Senate had any say over the coinage - but...
Just came across this - nice example - for some reason IMP IIII of this type appear to be more difficult to find than IMP III. I have one of each...
I love these Thracian coins with the Mars reverse - who says the Rome mint always has the best engravers?
Are coin now not coming from Europe - I am expecting a couple -
I think I have a die match of the last one ...find out tonight -
This is a wonderful coin - I have seen only one other example, which was for sale a few years ago, before I became ultra interested in his coins....
Curtis - you had actually commented on the IMP X article I wrote - it was the one on the Victory IMP X type. The link is here:...
I posted an article called, "the coin that should not be - a sestertius of Septimius Severus" - that is not the act title but it is close - it is...
Hi - my most recent article posted here turned out to be based on an erroneous misreading of the coin. Please allow me to correct the post to...
I gave asked the operator of the site for permission to edit this since tgeconclusions are incorrect. No response at all thus far.
I have not thought of the sestertii of Septimius as rare or even scarce, except that better examples are almost impossible to find. I THINK the...
They all look good to me - I must be terrible at judging these!
I had mistakenly thought that this was the entire inscription - lesson learned. I will have to contact the site boss as to how to be able to...
The British Museum has a die match and it is clearly IMP VIII - I guess I jumped the gun - I will need to revise - I do not want bad information -...
The Looks like the one type the British Museum has is a die match to mine and it is clearly IMP VIII - based on this I will completely revise my...
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