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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4570458, member: 19463&quot;]I have always wondered at the thought process that led to some of the Lugdunum coins including the name SEP even though using AVG would be an obviously inappropriate upgrade and considered a declaration of war.&nbsp; Didius Julianus had some SEVER coins which might be taken as an olive branch but it did him no good. I am wondering if there is any possibility that the Lugdunum coins were struck by the mint there without complete understanding of the situation or authorization by Albinus himself.&nbsp; I also find it interesting that this coin came from Eastern Europe since these coins would seem unlikely to have circulated much outside of Gaul.&nbsp; My only AVG denarius has no SEP.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Completely inappropriate and unrelated story:</p><p>About 40-50 years ago (?), a correspondent whose name I have forgotten sent me two black and white photo prints of the coin below.&nbsp; The other was the reverse.&nbsp; In 1997, I copied the obverse and added the color to make an illustration for my website grading page to illustrate &#039;tooled&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Today, I have no idea where the prints are but there are boxes in the attic that have not been touched since we moved in 2003 so I have hope that they still exist.&nbsp; I retain minimal hope that I will find them an the cover letter so I would know the source.&nbsp; The photo purports to be the only known as of Pescennius Niger.&nbsp; I expressed the opinion then that it was tooled from a Severan as.&nbsp;&nbsp; I still believe that.&nbsp; I would love to hear from anyone who has ever seen this coin or who was once offered it.&nbsp; I hope I was not wrong and was in any way party to its destruction.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/gpesc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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