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<p>[QUOTE="nicholasz219, post: 7786923, member: 75641"]I won several lots but the most important coin was this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336559[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>BITHYNIA, Caesarea Germanica: Septimius Severus (193-211) AE28. 11.85g, 28mm.</p><p>Obv: KΑ CΕΠΤ CΕΟVHPOC ΠEP; Laureate head right</p><p>Rev: KAICAPΕIAC ΓΕRMANIKHC Zeus standing left, holding sceptre.</p><p>Wildwinds “CNG 73, 62” (this coin)</p><p>From the JB (Edmonton) collection, ex CNG E-Auction 73, lot 62, 2003.09.17.</p><p>An excellent coin to represent Septimius Severus’s victory over Pescennius Niger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins from this town, presumably named after Germanicus, are rare. Pescennius Niger issued a series of large bronze coins from here, celebrating the Greek pantheon, all rare (and popular). (Pescennius directed operations in the civil war from nearby Byzantium and Nicaea.) After Severus’s victory, it seems the series was very briefly continued in his name, but there are fewer of these coins even than those of Pescennius. Besides this example (which shares a type with one in the Pescennius series), we are aware of a Zeus seated type and a Tyche. CNG listed this coin as unique and unpublished in 2003 and as far as we are aware, no others have surfaced.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am thrilled to own this coin. I was afraid it would go for multiples of the opening but I am happy it did not. The issue location and association with Pescennius Niger made the sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasz219, post: 7786923, member: 75641"]I won several lots but the most important coin was this: [ATTACH=full]1336559[/ATTACH] BITHYNIA, Caesarea Germanica: Septimius Severus (193-211) AE28. 11.85g, 28mm. Obv: KΑ CΕΠΤ CΕΟVHPOC ΠEP; Laureate head right Rev: KAICAPΕIAC ΓΕRMANIKHC Zeus standing left, holding sceptre. Wildwinds “CNG 73, 62” (this coin) From the JB (Edmonton) collection, ex CNG E-Auction 73, lot 62, 2003.09.17. An excellent coin to represent Septimius Severus’s victory over Pescennius Niger. Coins from this town, presumably named after Germanicus, are rare. Pescennius Niger issued a series of large bronze coins from here, celebrating the Greek pantheon, all rare (and popular). (Pescennius directed operations in the civil war from nearby Byzantium and Nicaea.) After Severus’s victory, it seems the series was very briefly continued in his name, but there are fewer of these coins even than those of Pescennius. Besides this example (which shares a type with one in the Pescennius series), we are aware of a Zeus seated type and a Tyche. CNG listed this coin as unique and unpublished in 2003 and as far as we are aware, no others have surfaced. I am thrilled to own this coin. I was afraid it would go for multiples of the opening but I am happy it did not. The issue location and association with Pescennius Niger made the sale.[/QUOTE]
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