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Message:: [QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 5196133, member: 91820"]Curtis - thanks so much for the response =all of this goes into a loose leaf folder on the coinage of the Severans.  Of the rare coins you list the only one I have other than Fortuna is Pax - I will put that up on this site as well. Through collecting the coins of just a few emperors I now have an appreciation for just how rare the rare issues are and how common the others are. The example I give is Septimius Severus, Securitas RIC 719  -about three examples on ACSEARCH, while AFRICA is fairly common - although I have not compared the different types.  Or 3 Moneta -  seemingly common for IMP III (RIC 670), difficult to find for IMP IIII. RIC 678. It just seems like the same types come up again and again - of course this could be a function of the way the market works and how coins are discovered.  But, for example, it sure seems like a lot of Caracalla Securitas (I THINK RIC 511 or 512) have come to market lately - no idea why. I had little appreciation for how rare Elagabalus's later issues are - completing a set may require another lifetime. Blake[/QUOTE]