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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4495374, member: 19463&quot;]I fear we make a major error with the statement that Septimius has many beautiful coins.&nbsp; Yes, he does but 194-195 was not a high point for the Rome mint workmanship.&nbsp; After a few good ones in 193 and before Albinus was out of the picture, Rome tended to churn out lesser quality strikes on small flans.&nbsp; You have to look a bit to find nice coins from Rome.&nbsp; Remember that Septimius was out East dealing with Pescennius Niger for much of this time.&nbsp; When the boss was away, the mint slacked off.&nbsp; The best coins of that period were from what we are now calling &#039;Syrian&#039; mints and they struck none for Albinus. </p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;best&#039; Septimius coins judged by the flan size and strike are later, after the end of the civil and Parthian wars.&nbsp; I do not collect these nearly to the degree that I do the early and the Eastern coins.&nbsp; To get a fair comparison with Albinus coins look at Rome mint coins for Septimius dated IMP II to IMP V.&nbsp; There are nice, full legend coins of this group but, like Albinus, you must look a bit harder to find them.</p><p>Exceptional IMP II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115209[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Normal IMP III-V:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115214[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1115211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1115212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1115213[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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