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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7469808, member: 86498&quot;]I generally do not purchase rare coins. I generally prefer what I would consider interesting coins rather than a coin from an obscure mint or type. However at one time I was very interested in the drachms from the city of Petra minted during the reign of Septimius Severus and his two sons. I have studied these coins for some years and at the present time the group is known by 28 specimens 1 Septimius Severus (mine) 5 of Julia Domna 3 of Geta and 18 of Caracalla. This group of coins is quite remarkable in that</p><p>1. Not a single specimen has been found in or around Petra. Nor have I seen any being offered by dealers who normally get their material from the Middle East.</p><p>2. The only two specimens, both of Caracalla, that were&nbsp; found in an archeological context were found in Europe one in Britain and the other near Basil Switzerland.</p><p>3. In 1989 only 7 of these coins were known (6 of Caracalla 1 of Julia Domna) which means that 21 were discovered since. The majority were found being sold by dealers that get their material from the Balkans. For the last 3 or 4 years I have not seen any new specimens.</p><p>&nbsp; In terms of metal content I have tested 4 and and using an XRF system I have found that the silver content of these coins appear to be consistent with contemporary denarii. </p><p>So in conclusion this is a very rare coin from a very rare series</p><p>Drachm of Septimius Severus from the mint of Petra Obv, Head right laureate Rv. Civic Tyche standing left holding baetyl&nbsp; in right hand and cradling trophy in left. This Civic Tyche is unique to Petra as she is the only one cradling a trophy. Unpublished 2010- 2014? AD 3.11 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1293564[/ATTACH]I am still interested in these coins and do still study them. If anyone has one please do let me know. I would be really pleased to add some new specimens to my corpus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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