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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2360049, member: 19463&quot;]My collection of Septimius Severus is 90% from the first 10% of his reign.&nbsp; For some time I had one of the two main types of his last coins issued by his sons when he died.&nbsp; Last week I ran across a lower grade (affordable) example of the other.&nbsp; I have mixed feelings about whether I should have bought the coin but the price seemed right at the time.&nbsp; In hand the coin is not bad looking but my photo and a microscope reveal numerous scratches including a letter A graffito behind the head.&nbsp; Had I seen those, I probably would not have bought the coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]481261[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Come to think, my other SS Consecratio issue (with pyre) is no better.&nbsp; If the coin were exactly in my main interest (the early and Eastern coins), I might have been more picky. As it is, I have them both.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]481262[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, I still lack the sestertius.&nbsp; Maybe someday but they are considerably more scarce than denarii.&nbsp; I also lack the antoniniani attributed to Trajan Decius. There is an AE27 Provincial bronze of Odessos (not too common) which I am happy to show below. </p><p><b>ΔΙVΩ CΕΥΗΡΩ ΠΕΙΩ (Divus Severus Pius) / <b>ΟΔΗCCΕΙΤΩΝ</b></b> [ATTACH=full]481263[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins of Septimius issued after his death.&nbsp; Also show any Consecration issues for Commodus, Pertinax, Julia Domna or Caracalla (all ridiculously rare).&nbsp; The only other common Severan Consecration is the Decius for Severus Alexander which also come in eagle and pyre varieties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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