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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2648385, member: 31620&quot;]At the risk of flooding the board and boring you all to death... I do have a few more interesting purchases after this one to share but will save them for another day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for another recent purchase. More towards my normal collecting focus but a bit out there too.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was sold to me by a major dealer as a regular COS II - Emesa coin, which to anyone with a slight knowledge of the series is too wild even for the ecclectic styles from this series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Barbarous Denarius</p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEVE PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– MONE AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae</p><p>Barbarous copy imitating coins minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 196-197</p><p>Reference:– Copies similar to BMC 448 Note (citing Cohen 332 (no authority cited)) and RIC - (cf 484(a) (rated S)) and Cohen 332</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064sx_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>It would appear to be copying something similar to the following Laodicea coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus Denarius - RIC -</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEVER PERT - AVG IMP VIII, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– MONET AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae</p><p>Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 196 - 197</p><p>Reference:– BMC 448 Note (citing Cohen 332 (no authority cited)). RIC - (cf 484(a) (rated S)). Cohen 332 </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064rg_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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