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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2119908, member: 19463&quot;]Rome mint Septimius come in three basic groups.&nbsp; The earliest have a shorter beard and include PERT (reference to his being the avenger of the murder of Pertinax).&nbsp; The last have the Severus Pius legend and pointy beard as on Bing&#039;s coin.&nbsp; Between them we have the ones with PART MAX referring to his successful dealing with the Parthian wars.&nbsp; I have a strong preference for the PERT series but have a few of the later ones.&nbsp; Certainly there are many variations within each group with the most in the early PERT period.&nbsp; Most general collectors like the late PIVS ones with the corkscrew beard like Mat&#039;s coin.&nbsp; Below are examples of each - all Rome mint and in order.&nbsp; I consider them exceptional in style more than typical.&nbsp; Septimius had some really good portrait masters and some not so great. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is uncommon even for the first coins in that it has only wavy hair.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]401770[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is as tight curls as I have to show.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]401764[/ATTACH] </p><p>Note the huge curl down from the sideburns.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]401765[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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