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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1857570, member: 19463&quot;]I agree with Junior.&nbsp; I enjoy barbarous coins but won&#039;t pay extra for them and their popularity seems to be rising.&nbsp; My favorites include this Commodus in silver as good as the real thing. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]311519[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I still dream that this Caracalla reverse is a real BONI EVENTVS die from Emesa used after the mint there was closed.&nbsp;&nbsp; I really want to see other coins of this general style. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]311520[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few real crude Severans but these are probably the best looking of the genre.&nbsp; I particularly like coins that spell out something in the legends more than the real coins did.&nbsp; To me that shows that the cutter knew the word and was not just copying a coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Virtus copying 193 Rome?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]311521[/ATTACH] </p><p>IMP CAES L SEP S _ EV PERT AVG / Mars PM IMPII - takes after Alexandria (especially the letter style) but I doubt it is official.&nbsp; I wish I knew what the reverse right read.&nbsp;&nbsp; Official would have placed TRP on the left rather than IMP.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]311522[/ATTACH] </p><p>193 AD obverse with COSIII PP reverse and funny style = barbarous.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]311523[/ATTACH] </p><p>Looks like me (beat you to it).&nbsp; Note the lack of a laurel wreath.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]311524[/ATTACH] </p><p>reverse FELICIT AVGVS&nbsp; &nbsp; and AAA?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]311525[/ATTACH] </p><p>Interesting style but not official</p><p>[ATTACH=full]311526[/ATTACH] </p><p>ditto</p><p>[ATTACH=full]311527[/ATTACH] </p><p>Venus clothed standing from the front but the obverse legend is early style.&nbsp; Style is all wrong for either period.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]311528[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Did you know that CT only allows 10 photos per post?&nbsp; Aren&#039;t you glad?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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