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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2730730, member: 19463&quot;]My third damaged goods from the show is a travel coin but not what you are thinking.&nbsp; Understand that I do like Hadrian&#039;s travel coins and my new coin showing Africa reclining holding a scorpion and cornucopia and wearing an elephant headdress.&nbsp; At her feet is a basket of grain.&nbsp; Did I mention the really special part?&nbsp; The coin is a denarius of Septimius Severus (Rome mint) and not one you see every day.&nbsp; A quick survey of online sales suggests these don&#039;t bring any more than the much more common Africa standing version.&nbsp; It also suggests that nice ones are hard to find.&nbsp; I bought mine solely for the reverse and am tolerating the lamination flan flaw behind the head on the obverse.&nbsp; It may not be bad enough to be called a &#039;one sided coin&#039; but beware of sellers who ask Triton prices for eBay coins.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]620807[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The same seller had three Hadrian travel coins an Africa, Aegyptos and a really nice (fault free) Nilus.&nbsp; I was tempted but you cant buy them all. I don&#039;t have many Rome mint Septimius denarii from the later (SEVERVS PIVS AVG) period.&nbsp; This one is welcome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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