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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2402067, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; yah, I was wondering that as well ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; hey panzerdawg, if possible, you could include a few more coin-details in your <b>OP</b>-<b>posts</b> (a mention of the obverse and reverse subject/characters is usually of interest to people =&gt; oh, and the mention of an owl, or that little guy with the odd head would be a definite added bonus as well, my coin-friend) ...... I&#039;m just sayin&#039; </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; you rock =&gt; keep-up the awesome work!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, and that is a fantastic AR OP-addition ... wow, you are burnin&#039; like a comet, eh?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, errr, eh-heh-heh ... I don&#039;t have any sweet denarius examples of Severus Alexander </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; but I do have these two big AE fringe-winners ...</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Pontus, Amasia. <font size="5">Severus Alexander</font>. Æ35</span></b></p><p>A.D. 222-235</p><p>Civic year 228 (A.D. 228/9)</p><p>Diameter: 35 mm</p><p>Weight: 26.18 grams</p><p>Obverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right, seen from behind</p><p>Reverse: High altar upon which eagle stands facing, head left; above, Sol in facing quadriga, holding whip; to left of altar, tree</p><p>Reference: Dalaison 566 (D145/R439); RG 101; cf. SNG Copenhagen 119; BMC 39 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 6710 (same obv. die)</p><p>Other: 12 h … Grayish-green patina under earthen deposits, light roughness.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]495182[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">CILICIA, Ninica-Claudiopolis</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"><font size="5">Severus Alexander</font>, with Julia Maesa, Æ37</span></b></p><p>AD 222-235</p><p>Diameter: 37 mm</p><p>Weight: 17.83 grams</p><p>Obverse: , draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right; c/m’s: Nike, holding wreath, standing right within oval incuse (3) and six-pointed star</p><p>Reverse: Laureate / Draped bust of Maesa right</p><p>Reference: SNG France –; SNG Levante –; SNG Levante Supp. 167 (same obv. die); for c/m’s: Howgego 262 and 451</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]495181[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... with a whole lotta Victory counter-marks (an ugly coin, but still pretty cool)</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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