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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2885441, member: 75937&quot;]Excellent bargains, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] ! Lovely coins! </p><p><br /></p><p>I went to a large show attended by a number of ancient dealers some 15 years ago, such as Tom Cederland, Pegasi Numismatics, Stephen Huston, CNG and others. One of them had a grab bag of unsorted Severan denarii and I bought about eight of Plautilla and Julia Domna, ranging from aVF to MS. My computer has since crashed, along with the financial records from the sale so I don&#039;t know how much they were (in the $40 range, if I recall) and from whom I purchased them. But this is one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>While none are currently for sale at V Coins and Temeryazev and Makarenko give this an (undeserved) R3 rarity rating, this coin comes up for auction rather infrequently (2 in CNG&#039;s archives and about 8 at acsearchinfo), so I&#039;d call it scarce. I consider it a bargain in any case.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]692474[/ATTACH]</p><p>Plautilla, AD 202-205</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.76 g, 20.2 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 205</p><p>Obv: PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and drape bust, right</p><p>Rev: DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing left, holding flaming torch with both hands</p><p>Refs: RIC 366; BMCRE 420; RSC 13; RCV 7070; Temeryazev and Makarenko 427.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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