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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1820231, member: 19463&quot;]I bought this Julia Domna denarius in 1994 but did not appreciate it as much until,</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/jdbefaftclash.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;in 2000, I got this one from the same dies but showing a die clash.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;d have to look up the records to see which came first but each of these six Septimius Severus coins struck from the same obverse die caused each of its predecessors to gain status in my eye.&nbsp; Six is my personal best for different coins with one die the same but I know there are at least a dozen reverses used with another die of the series.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t have them all.&nbsp; I do wonder if there are more than these six for this set and adding another coin would boost the prestige in my eyes of the other six.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/die03.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t generally increase my opinion of a coin because it is in good condition but I do sometimes decrease my opinion of a coin I know I should not have purchased.&nbsp; The exception to this are lower grade coins that gain the longer I go without seeing another or a better specimen.&nbsp; I try not to be too interested in condition but we all like pretty coins.&nbsp; I certainly would like to upgrade some coins (examples below) but none of them have been bested yet so they gain in glory until that horrid day when Martin will post an EF and my coins will drop to also ran status.&nbsp; For now, these gain status each day they remain as my best or only.&nbsp; The part that bothers me most is that I will have to search for someone willing to even give them a safe home when I&#039;m gone by which time they will have raised even higher in my view.&nbsp;&nbsp; No right thinking auction house would want them.</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH]298735[/ATTACH][ATTACH]298737[/ATTACH][ATTACH]298738[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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