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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1773450, member: 19463&quot;]Martin&#039;s Jula from Alexandria with the COSII dating on reverse (think about it:&nbsp; How many women were Consul......Hummmm?) is a great and rare coin!&nbsp; I have a few different but rare ones.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Syrian mint sometimes called Emesa also used the same misspelling IVLA on these two.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]282433[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]282434[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Emesa also has some IICOS reverse dies that Julia shared with Septimius.&nbsp; The coin is doublestruck so the odd reading on the obverse is not significant.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]282437[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, my Favorite Julia is a junky Emesa with reverse VICTOR IVST AVG which is a rare legend for Septimius but none of his show Victory seated.&nbsp; Perhaps they existed but all are lost to time???&nbsp; This coin is listed in Cohen because the other known one is in the Paris (French National) collection.&nbsp; I was told once that mine is slightly nicer than theirs but I have never seen a photo so can not say for sure.&nbsp; This is the coin I bought on eBay as part of a lot of 34 junky denarii.&nbsp; Only real hardcore collectors buy a lot of 34 to get one coin.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]282436[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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