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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 3177095, member: 31620&quot;]This first coin is a new acquisition and in buying it I have broken one of my own rules (which now are downgraded to guidelines). I bought this coin from ebay from a dealer with a bit of a repuation. I have seen him referred to here as &quot;Mr. LowRating/HighPrice&quot; so some of you know who I am talking about. Because I don&#039;t like his trading practices he has been on my purchase blacklist. I saw this coin and broke my guidelines and made a lowball offer at about 20% of his asking price. I must admit that I was a little suprised that the offer was accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Surprisingly for such a highly (self) rated professional numismatist the coin was mis-attributed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the coin in question....</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– BONETAE (sic) AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left</p><p>Minted in Emesa. A.D. 193</p><p>Reference(s) – RIC - (unlisted cf. 359A, which is MONETAE scarce citing RD). RSC -. BMCRE -.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has plenty of issues but is still of interest for a variety of reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has been harshly cleaned. There is a find mark (dig) on the reverse from the A of BONETAE through the head of Moneta.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064tt_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So how confident am I with the reverse reading? VERY.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is a die match to an example in my collection linked with the AVG II C sub-series. This die link evidence is useful in starting to build a chronology for this complex set of issues. This is my reason for the new purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064gs_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Which also occurs with the correctly spelled MONETAE</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064pb_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse die from the OP is one that I have elsewhere in my collection and leads me to some wild supposition.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064fw_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Could the engraver of the reverse legend have started a BONI EVENTVS as on this coin (or even BONA SPES) legend and got as far as BO and then had to go on a shift change. When he returned they had moved over to making Moneta reverses and simply carried on?</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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