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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3723497, member: 19463"]I suppose any emperor might be paired with Moneta since it took money to buy your way into the graces of the army and people. However, Septimius Severus was a man of the army and came to power with the support of many legions. He must be represented by a type associated with the legions. Legions that declared support for him from the beginning were honored with an issue of coins showing their legion number and name. Here, I'll show what is probably a Legion I Italica variant. The usual dies for this legion read LEG I ITAL but this one either lacks the numeral reading LEG ITAL. Some will say the I is there but runs along or was erased by the eagle wing. The presence of a dot after LEG and another before ITAL suggests the wing hides the I below. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]998169[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are to have just one Septimius, the best choice is a Legionary......but how could you have just one?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3723497, member: 19463"]I suppose any emperor might be paired with Moneta since it took money to buy your way into the graces of the army and people. However, Septimius Severus was a man of the army and came to power with the support of many legions. He must be represented by a type associated with the legions. Legions that declared support for him from the beginning were honored with an issue of coins showing their legion number and name. Here, I'll show what is probably a Legion I Italica variant. The usual dies for this legion read LEG I ITAL but this one either lacks the numeral reading LEG ITAL. Some will say the I is there but runs along or was erased by the eagle wing. The presence of a dot after LEG and another before ITAL suggests the wing hides the I below. [ATTACH=full]998169[/ATTACH] If you are to have just one Septimius, the best choice is a Legionary......but how could you have just one?[/QUOTE]
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