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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 3420152, member: 91820&quot;]A few years back I gave up my quest to have a sestertius of every person that struck one.&nbsp; After pursuing this for some years it was evident that the means were simply not there to even come close, I would end up down by about 15 at least. Some were completely hopeless: Plautilla, Saloninus, Tranquillina, but there was an affordability problem with many others in any condition.</p><p>So I changed my goal to sestertii of the family of Septimius Severus (excluding Severus Alexander) and it has been a great deal of fun - the sestertii of Septimius includes some very rare issues that are affordable simply because not that many people focus on him. Also the low relief on the sestertii of the earlier period means examples in higher grades are hard to find - but alternatively lower and mid grade coins are more or less available.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Some months ago I came upon this coin, which RIC lists for IMP VIII at RIC ____(note - I very much apologize but I left my copy of RIC elsewhere from where I am typing this and have to fill in the numbers tomorrow) as Fortuna standing, sometimes with wheel. However, a very close and intense study of the obverse indicates that the coin is not IMP VIII, but IMP VII.&nbsp; RIC does list this coin at #_____, but does not mention the wheel, which it does for RIC ____ for IMP VIII.&nbsp; I plan on doing a search of a database I just discovered (acsearch - it is a magnificent resource!) but my own notebook filled with images of Septimius sestertii does not show any examples of standing Fortuna with a wheel at IMPVII, only IMPVIII.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And this is what, for me anyway, collecting ancient coins is all about. I have literally spent hours playing around with this issue - does it even have any meaning?&nbsp; Why would a celator one year inscribe standing Fortuna without a wheel and then the next year add this detail?&nbsp; The striking of some coins can be connected to historical events.&nbsp; It is doubtful, however, that the addition of a wheel means anything other than the celator somehow got it into his head that Fortuna needed a wheel - or perhaps it is a different celator who always has Fortuna with a wheel.&nbsp; I think this is also a less common bust type for this year - much more common later.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; By the way I do know that the photograph may seem to show IMPVIII - however when looked at through a magnifying glass it look more like IMP VII. If I can find a die match that would resolve the issue.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]907704[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]907705[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]907706[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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