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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 4552651, member: 31620"]Here is another coin (in fact obverse die) from the eastern mints of Septimius Severus to which there isn't an entirely satisfactory answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will start with my newest coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS - (II), Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:- BONI EVINTVS(sic), Fides standing left holding basket of fruit and corn ears</p><p>Minted in Emesa, 194 - 195 A.D.</p><p>Reference:- RIC -, BMCRE - (EVINTVS instead of EVENTVS)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127254[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>No there are two strokes under the bust that I read as the II but they are very weak scratches rather than convincing letters. A legend ending COS makes no sense in this series but then again we have other coins ending COS I, CO II, II C etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are those scratched really there on the doe or are they an artefact of the strike?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen a few coins from the same obverse die and even own a few.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064tz_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064jm_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The marks are there on these examples too but are equally weak.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have any answers for the reading of this die but keep my eyes open for it. My newest coin has an odd reverse legend too that I have seen on a Pescennius Niger coin (calling [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER])..... and so the two elements combined with a low enough price made this new coin interesting enough to buy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 4552651, member: 31620"]Here is another coin (in fact obverse die) from the eastern mints of Septimius Severus to which there isn't an entirely satisfactory answer. I will start with my newest coin. Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS - (II), Laureate head right Rev:- BONI EVINTVS(sic), Fides standing left holding basket of fruit and corn ears Minted in Emesa, 194 - 195 A.D. Reference:- RIC -, BMCRE - (EVINTVS instead of EVENTVS) [ATTACH=full]1127254[/ATTACH] No there are two strokes under the bust that I read as the II but they are very weak scratches rather than convincing letters. A legend ending COS makes no sense in this series but then again we have other coins ending COS I, CO II, II C etc. Are those scratched really there on the doe or are they an artefact of the strike? I have seen a few coins from the same obverse die and even own a few. [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064tz_img.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064jm_img.jpg[/IMG] The marks are there on these examples too but are equally weak. I don't have any answers for the reading of this die but keep my eyes open for it. My newest coin has an odd reverse legend too that I have seen on a Pescennius Niger coin (calling [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER])..... and so the two elements combined with a low enough price made this new coin interesting enough to buy.[/QUOTE]
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