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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2697483, member: 19463&quot;]Reka Devnia rates this as a 6 which is not a high number but not exactly super rare either. There were several types made in a rather short time so none of them are common.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think a lot of the problem is that Cohen omitted the PP in his listing giving confusion as to whether the rare coins were with or without PP on the die or just so off center you could not tell.&nbsp; This coin is clearly PP but not so clearly IMPIII.&nbsp; Cohen missed there being IMPII coins.&nbsp; Rare or not, you may have trouble finding someone to pay extra for a coin that is not readable with certainty.&nbsp; Workmanship was bad in Rome that year.&nbsp; I&#039;d say your coin was a good buy for the price but not something that will send the kids to college.&nbsp; I&#039;m very hard on coins missing that much legend but most people are not and the metal looks excellent.&nbsp; I have very few IMPIII Rome coins (I like the Eastern mints) and know rather little about them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Below is a more clear than average coin reading IMP II and PP.&nbsp; It was not in Cohen, RD or RIC.&nbsp; No work gets them all.&nbsp; I paid $58 for it but most of that was because it was a well centered coin from a period where most coins were not.&nbsp; IMO, that was a bargain.&nbsp; It is not what people want for their only Septimius and not what Septimius specialists chase.&nbsp; No marketplace respect goes with rarity and we don&#039;t get too worked up over things RIC missed or listed incorrectly.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]606434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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