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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2620929, member: 19463"]We each might ask ourselves just what it is that makes one denarius more and another less worthy of our interest. I know many are enamored by Brutus while others judge mostly by condition. We have a member who likes Hadrian as much as I like Septimius Severus. I suppose I could select my 100 favorite Septimius denarii but few others would place even one of them in their hundred favoring instead a hundred Republicans or Hadrians or assorted 12 Caesars. All said, I believe my most impressive denarius is not my favorite coin but one you don't see every day. </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, Alexandria mint, Venus reverse</p><p>[ATTACH=full]574984[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some who believe all mints must follow the rules of Rome would consider this a mule with reverse of Domna but I believe the percentage of such crossovers is high enough that they were not accidents but just failure to recognize that collectors of the future would expect them to adhere to rules not there or then understood. </p><p><br /></p><p>For equal time, I'll show a Domna with VICTOR IVST AVG reverse that some consider inappropriate for a girl. I would be more impressed with their belief that the coin is a mule with reverse of Septimius or Pescennius Niger had either of the gentlemen had a coin with this type. Show me one if I am wrong.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]574985[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I stop now lest I bore you even more with the rest of my favorite Severans. We all differ in our tolerance level for such things. I really would appreciate it, however if you would show me photos of your examples of these two coins or those in any museum to which you have access. I can find dozens of images of Brutus denarii but no one who has coins like these two seems to want to show them. Ashamed?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2620929, member: 19463"]We each might ask ourselves just what it is that makes one denarius more and another less worthy of our interest. I know many are enamored by Brutus while others judge mostly by condition. We have a member who likes Hadrian as much as I like Septimius Severus. I suppose I could select my 100 favorite Septimius denarii but few others would place even one of them in their hundred favoring instead a hundred Republicans or Hadrians or assorted 12 Caesars. All said, I believe my most impressive denarius is not my favorite coin but one you don't see every day. Septimius Severus, Alexandria mint, Venus reverse [ATTACH=full]574984[/ATTACH] Some who believe all mints must follow the rules of Rome would consider this a mule with reverse of Domna but I believe the percentage of such crossovers is high enough that they were not accidents but just failure to recognize that collectors of the future would expect them to adhere to rules not there or then understood. For equal time, I'll show a Domna with VICTOR IVST AVG reverse that some consider inappropriate for a girl. I would be more impressed with their belief that the coin is a mule with reverse of Septimius or Pescennius Niger had either of the gentlemen had a coin with this type. Show me one if I am wrong. [ATTACH=full]574985[/ATTACH] I stop now lest I bore you even more with the rest of my favorite Severans. We all differ in our tolerance level for such things. I really would appreciate it, however if you would show me photos of your examples of these two coins or those in any museum to which you have access. I can find dozens of images of Brutus denarii but no one who has coins like these two seems to want to show them. Ashamed?[/QUOTE]
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