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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1824255, member: 19463&quot;]Your Septimius is from his first year 193 AD.&nbsp; The popular coins from that year are the legionary series but there are a few other types.&nbsp; I like the portrait work from 193 Rome mint and collect them as well as the Eastern mints.&nbsp; 193 denarii are not rare but tend to be made from better metal and with better workmanship than later Septimius.&nbsp; There are several different portrait styles.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what the material is but plaster casting was once extremely common and still has its adherents who prefer casts to photos.&nbsp; I used to trade casts with a UK collector and am troubled by the fact that I have not been able to find them since I moved in 2003.&nbsp; There are <i>so</i> many boxes in the attic.&nbsp;&nbsp; A century ago the standard procedure was to make plaster casts and glue them up on a board so one photo could be taken (using a large view camera) all at once.&nbsp; These images of white plaster or yellow sulfur coins are not confused by surface coloring so you can see raised detail quite well.&nbsp; I prefer real coin photos but the technology of today has made that more appealing than it was in the days of plate cameras.&nbsp; The photo below is from a plaster cast of a very rare coin I really wanted but now resides in the British Museum.&nbsp; Behind Septimius&#039; head you can see PESC from the original coin of Pescennius Niger that was overstruck.&nbsp; We used a clay called Plasticine to make our molds but your coin could have a much older material that got stuck in the coin being &#039;imaged&#039; a century ago.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you want to try it, here are instructions:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=29974.0;wap2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=29974.0;wap2" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=29974.0;wap2</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pnos300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>I mentioned liking the 193 Rome mint coins and that they were not rare.&nbsp; Here are my four.&nbsp; I like the last portrait best.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]299937[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299938[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299939[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299940[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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