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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 3618576, member: 86498&quot;]Probably my least attractive but one of my more significant coins is this one Drachm of Septimius Severus from the mint of Petra. In 1989 K. Butcher wrote an article in the Numismatic Chonicle in which he examined the 7 known drachms from the mint of Petra known at the time. At that time there were 6 drachms of Caracalla and 1 of Julia Domna. Currently there are 28 drachms that I know of 7 Julia Domna 3 of Geta 17 of Caracalla and this one of Septimius Severus.&nbsp; Even though the mint city is not explicitly named we know that these coins are from Petra because of the peculiar attributes given to Tyche. She is holding a stele or baetyl ( I like to call it the chunk of 2 by 4) in her right hand and a trophy in her left.</p><p>&nbsp;This coinage is interesting for a number of reasons. First at time of writing none of these coins have been found at Petra, the only two found on archeological sites are from Switzerland and England, and the majority of those found since seem to come from dealers who specialize in selling coins found in the Balkans.</p><p>&nbsp; The number of dies known for the series are as following Severus 1 Obv 1 Rev Geta 3 Obv 3 Rev Caracalla 8 Obv 8 Rev. Julia Domna 1 Obv 2 Rev. Even though their are two muled pairings 1 of Geta and 1 of Caracalla there are no examples of either reverse die being paired with a &quot;correct&quot; obverse.</p><p>&nbsp; As for dating it would seem clear that this coinage was initiated sometime before the death of Septimius Severus in February 2011. How long did this coinage last is difficult to assess. [ATTACH=full]969624[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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