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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4543629, member: 97383"]Q, Thanks for an excellent article & congratulations on a great pick-up <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! Both portraits are exceptional, especially the portrait of Sauromates II. Do you have any idea why the reverse die is so much smaller <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />? I've got a number of handsome provincial coins of Septimius Severus, but no gold <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. One of my favorites is pictured below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124929[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Thrace, Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, AD 193 - 211. </b>AE 27 mm, 15.51 gm, 6 h. Reverse: Homonoia with cornucopia & patera at altar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4543629, member: 97383"]Q, Thanks for an excellent article & congratulations on a great pick-up :D! Both portraits are exceptional, especially the portrait of Sauromates II. Do you have any idea why the reverse die is so much smaller o_O? I've got a number of handsome provincial coins of Septimius Severus, but no gold :(. One of my favorites is pictured below. [ATTACH=full]1124929[/ATTACH] [B]Thrace, Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, AD 193 - 211. [/B]AE 27 mm, 15.51 gm, 6 h. Reverse: Homonoia with cornucopia & patera at altar.[/QUOTE]
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