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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 7391723, member: 89970&quot;][USER=119509]@RedStallions[/USER] Although I&#039;m not a specialist in Severans,&nbsp; I have a couple and I&#039;ll share them at the end, but I just want to say how impressed I am with your first coins.&nbsp; You have avoided a pitfall I regretted when I first started collecting:</p><p>buying only half a coin for the portrait.</p><p>Both sides of the coin are important.&nbsp; The reverse of ancient coins is often the weakest for die wear or off-centering.&nbsp; Both of your coins are admirable examples that could be displayed in a museum as a representative example.&nbsp; The legends are readable on both sides and both sides are sharp.&nbsp;&nbsp; The little wear does not distract from the details.&nbsp; You have a good eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the few severans in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286247[/ATTACH] </p><p>Obverse: PSEPT GETA CAES PONT; Draped bust r. Bare head. Young portrait</p><p>Reverse: PRINC IVVENT - Geta stg l. holding branch in r. long spear pointing down in l.</p><p>Mint: Rome</p><p>Weight: 3.05 gm.</p><p>Reference: RIC IV Part 1, 15a (Geta).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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