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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1933780, member: 19463&quot;]<img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pnos300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>#1 is a coin of Septimius Severus clearly overstruck on a Pescennius Niger with legible undertype as good as the one above which belonged to Roger Bickford Smith but is now in the British Museum.&nbsp;&nbsp; In a pinch, I would accept a Julia Domna on Pescennius just as well.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>#2 is a coin with Septimius Severus obverse and VICTOR IVST AVG reverse showing Victory seated.&nbsp; I have the Julia Domna version but have not seen the reverse used with Septimius.&nbsp; Maybe it never was. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]333896[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my wants are coins I do not know exist.&nbsp; Most collectors could fill their wants by sending a million or ten to a dealer and watching for the postman to arrive.&nbsp; Mine could be found tomorrow on eBay for $10 (with my luck it would belong to a dealer I hate) or could never be seen no matter how much money you have to back the project.&nbsp; I have limited time and limited funds so wish me the kind of luck that some people waste on the lottery.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I just realized that both of my listed wants are quite possible on the same coin so I&#039;ll change my want to a #2 struck on a Pescennius Niger.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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