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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 3699514, member: 91820&quot;]=================================================</p><p><br /></p><p>It is one of the reasons I like collecting coins of Septimius - there is always more to learn - it helps (a lot) that the series is not fully documented. For the last several years I have been focusing on SS&#039;s sestertii - any condition - and every time I go through the sestertii I have I find something new, either a mistake as to attribution or something that I didn&#039;t realize or understand.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I am not sure I posted it, but I have a sestertii of Septimius, RIC 677, the only type with Anonna on the reverse, and it has a bust type that is only seen on his medallions -</p><p><br /></p><p>such as: <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/septimius_severus/Lawrence_69.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/septimius_severus/Lawrence_69.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/septimius_severus/Lawrence_69.jpg</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The same bust type is common on the late sestertii of Elagabalus, such as:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1739685" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1739685" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1739685</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So far I have found it only on the one coin I have, which was purchased on VCOINS - and one other I saw for sale, for which i made a photograph.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure if I posted the coin, but if not I&#039;ll do it next week.&nbsp; Why would the Rome mint only use this bust type on this coin with the Annona reverse and on certain medallions?&nbsp; Who knows? - it might just be someone at the mint thought that it should only be on special coins - it is like the discussion you posted on Greek Imperials about the AE 28 of Diocaesarea in Cilicia, which had the portrait to the side of the flan - perhaps an individual decision, which results in thousands of years later collectors/students of ancient coins wondering why?&nbsp; But, these issues are why collecting ancient coins is so enjoyable -[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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