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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 2882071, member: 75641&quot;]In a week of really fun acquisitions, I bought not only the VOTIS DECENNALIBVS but also a CONSECRATIO issue of Septimius Severus.&nbsp; Considering that you do not see many of either of these coins for sale often, these were probably two of the most exciting purchases of the year for me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, the universe must have read my &quot;sunlight is the best for taking coin pictures because of nice even light&quot; statement on a prior post because my pictures today, taken in sunlight, are literally the two biggest piles of garbage ever.&nbsp; But I had limited time and so they will have to do.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus, Denarius, CONSECRATIO</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>Augustus: 193 - 211AD</p><p>Issued Posthumously under Caracalla: 211AD</p><p>19.61mm 3.36gr</p><p>O: DIVO SEVERO PIO; Bare head, right.</p><p>R: CONSECRATIO: Eagle standing 3/4 facing right on globe, head left, wings spread.</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>RIC IV Caracalla 191c; RSC 84; Sear (RCV 2000) 7051; BMC 21.</p><p>Aorta: 892: B1, O90, R387, T45, M4.</p><p>Ancient Imports/Marc Breitsprecher Inv. #38569</p><p>10/12/17 10/17/17</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690966[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690969[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The second image is the seller&#039;s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And of course, the link to the collection as a whole:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6295" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6295" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6295</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In order to mix it up a bit, feel free to add any Septimius Severus coins AND/OR any of your favorite DIVO/DIVA/DIVVS coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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