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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 1816605, member: 31620&quot;]There is a series of denarii of Septimius Severus from Emase which we believe date after the earliest AVG issue of A.D. 193 and before the COS II issue. It is possible that it also pre-dates the enigmatic COS II series too. This series end with AVG II COS, AVG CO, AVG II CO and so on. These are generally very rare and have become a focus of mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some years ago I obtained this example from the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG II CO, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– BONI EVENTVC (sic), Fides standing left holding basket of fruit and corn ears</p><p>Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194</p><p>Reference:– BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC -.</p><p>The II CO series comes from a single obverse die. There are two other examples of this coin known from the same die pair, Bern, formerly in H J Berk stock making mine the third known example.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064jt_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I have just bought another coin whic is now the fourth known example. It is less worn on both sides bit this one suffers from an off-centre obverse strike.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064pr_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>So that makes it my sort of upgrade. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have several coins from this obverse die and in good condition I think it one of my favourites.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is somewhat special to me in this sub-collection in that it provides a reverse link to the AVG CO die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG CO, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– BONI EVENTVC, Fides standing left holding basket of fruit and corn ears.</p><p>Minted in Emesa, Late A.D. 193 or Early A.D. 194</p><p>References:– RIC -, RSC -, BMCRE -.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064es_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin seems to have been minted before my other two beacuse the die break at the start of EVENTVC is not evident. I would like to obtain more to try and build more information. Do AVG CO examples come before the II CO ones or were they operating in parallel? </p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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