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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 3129477, member: 36818&quot;][USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER] Nice collection! I&#039;m especially partial to your Severan BRIT coinage. Here are a few bronzes from my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]798085[/ATTACH] </p><p>Septimius Severus. Æ sestertius, Rome, 211 CE; 27.88g, 6h. BMCRE 261a var (BRIT in obv. legend)., C 723 (no BRIT in obv. legend, which Mattingly and Sydenham questioned as a possible error), CRB 46, RIC 808 var. (BRIT in obv. legend, cf. 818), Hill 1166. Obv: L SEPT SEVE–RVS PIVS AVG; head laureate r. Rx: VICT BRIT P M TR P XIX COS III P P / S | C in exergue; two Victories standing r. and l., affixing shield to palm tree, at the foot of which are two captives. Rare; VF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Lawrence R. Stack Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>_______________________________________________</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]798095[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> Æ sestertius, Rome, 210–3 CE; 32mm, 24.02g, 12h. Banti 8, C 29, Hill 1220, RIC IV 508a (R2). Obv: M AVREL ANTONINVS – PIVS AVG BRIT; laureate head r. Rx: CONCORDIAE AVGG / S C in exergue; Caracalla and Geta standing r. and l., vis-à-vis, one crowned by Apollo (?), the other by Hercules. Rare; near VF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><i>_______________________________________________</i></i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]798086[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> Æ sestertius, Rome, 210–1 CE; 30mm, 21.72g, 6h. BMCRE 819, C 639 var (without drapery), CRB 64, Hill 1184, Mazzini 640, RIC IV 464 (R2), Sear 6958. Obv: M AVREL ANTONI–NVS PIVS AVG; laureate head right, with drapery on l. shoulder. Rx: VICTORIAE BRITTANNICAE / S C in exergue; On left, Victory standing r., l. foot on helmet, erecting trophy; on r., woman (Britannia?), towered, standing front; at her feet, captive seated with hands tied behind back. Rare. Good F or near VF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Chris Rudd Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>_______________________________________________</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]798087[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Geta.</b> Æ dupondius, Rome, 211 CE; 25mm, 14.12g, 12h. BMCRE 272 var (obverse legend)., C 153, Hill 1206 (Fortuna), RIC 174a (S). Obv: P SEPTIMIVS GETA — PIVS AVG BRIT; man’s radiate head r., bearded. Rx: PONTIF TR P III COS II round edge / S | C in field; Woman (Britannia?) standing r., holding scepter and drawing out drapery from breast: to r., two small figures (infant Geta and Caracalla or Dioscuri?) lifting hands to one another. Rare; near EF/EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Hannelore Scheiner Collection.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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