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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3064830, member: 19463&quot;]I missed it,too, and have no idea how.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I decided I could not limit myself to 5 (or 50)?&nbsp; I am offended by being compared to an <i>average</i> museum.&nbsp; Average museums would be lucky to have 50 (or 5?) coins of all sorts let alone five of Septimius.&nbsp;&nbsp; My collection is nothing compared to Martin&#039;s but I have a few.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are five.&nbsp; They are not my favorites but they are not coins you will see every day.&nbsp; If condition means a lot to you, feel free to post better examples. All are Alexandria mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>LEG III IT AVG - Reverse ends in AVG - Common ones end AVI.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]769205[/ATTACH]</p><p>The late Roger Bickford-Smith once told me that this is the one of my coins he would most like but he would hope for a slightly better one.&nbsp; I have not seen another from Alexandria with this reverse but they are common from Emesa.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]769206[/ATTACH]</p><p>Most of these end with COS II but this one is just COS. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]769207[/ATTACH]</p><p>Venus is more common for Domna but this is probably my favorite Alexandria mint Septimius denarius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]769208[/ATTACH]</p><p>This tetradrachm is the earliest I have at year two.&nbsp; Septimius did not take over in Alexandria until after the end of year one in August 193 so there are no LA coins. This is the most common coin shown here.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]769210[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If this thread is revived again in another four years, maybe Martin and I will show five more.&nbsp; I know the tolerance for Septimius is not high so five is plenty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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