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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 1868890, member: 37707&quot;]Septimius Severus 193-211 AD AE27 of Nikopolis, Moesia Inferior Magistrate Gallus. ΛVTACEΠT CEVΠROC P, laureate head right / VΦΛΟVΛΠIΛH NIHOΠOΛITN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. POCI in ex.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]315267[/ATTACH]</p><p>27.4mm</p><p>11.30gr</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus 193-211 AD AE28 of Tomis, Moesia Inferior, Thrace. AK L CEP CEVHROC P / MHTRO P PONTOV TOMEWC, Artemis running, holding bow, reaching for arrow from quiver on back, dog to right.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]315268[/ATTACH]</p><p>27.5mm</p><p>12.11gr</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I hesitate to call them any particular denomination, since they are provincial. One thing to notice, is that both of these photos were taken in the same exact lighting conditions; one after the other. Both coin&#039;s patinas look similar in hand, but the metal reflects differently under an overhead light. I&#039;d be curious to know what each coin was alloyed with percentage wise.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I like the difference in busts between the two coins. It&#039;s almost as if the engravers were playing telephone. Once you have an engraver copy the copy of a copy of a bust; pretty soon it&#039;s not the same you started with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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