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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 2876365, member: 75641&quot;]Well, I stopped by the coin shop the other day and looked through their Severan material because you know, I hadn&#039;t spent any money that day.&nbsp; My daughter played along and worked on homework while I dug through some boxes.&nbsp; I did find a nicely priced coin that fit into my Septimius Severus collection.&nbsp; I have found that I have had some difficulty in finding a FELICITAS AVGG with legends being full.&nbsp; Or they are vastly overpriced, *COUGH* *COUGH* *highrating* *COUGH*.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I am happy to call this my own.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]688474[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus, Denarius, FELICITAS AVGG</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>Augustus: 193 - 211AD</p><p>Issued: 205AD</p><p>20.0 x 18.5mm 3.59gr</p><p>O: SEVERVS PIVS AVG; Laureate head, right.</p><p>R: FELICITAS AVGG; Felicitas standing left, holding short caduceus and cornucopia.</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>RIC 261; BM 322; RSC 135.</p><p>Aorta: 759: B3, O31, R78, T49, M4.</p><p>Harlan J. Berk cc84437</p><p>10/4/17 10/10/17</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=6295&amp;pos=9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=6295&amp;pos=9" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=6295&amp;pos=9</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And from lucernae on the Bay Of E, I was able to find two scarcer issues of Probus.&nbsp; I have not had much luck in finding nice coins at good prices for Probus lately, hence my concentration shift to Septimius and Domna recently.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]688478[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus, Antoninianus, IOVI CONS PROB AVG</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus</p><p>Probus</p><p>Augustus: 276 - 282AD</p><p>Issued: 279AD</p><p>21.0 x 20.0mm 3.90gr</p><p>O: PROBVS PF AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>R: IOVI CONS PROB AVG; Jupiter standing left, with scepter and thunderbolt.</p><p>Exergue: R (thunderbolt) B</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>RIC V-2, 175</p><p>Aorta: B72, O94, R64, T30, M4.</p><p>lucernae 282641257943</p><p>9/13/17 10/10/17</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]688479[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a duplicate coin but also on the scarcer side of Probus reverses.&nbsp; It was cheap and thought I could always trade one away if need be.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus, Antoninianus, SECVRIT PERP</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus</p><p>Probus</p><p>Augustus: 276 - 282AD</p><p>Issued: 279 - 281AD</p><p>23.0 x 22.0mm 3.20gr</p><p>O: IMP C PROBVS AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>R: SECVRIT PERP; Securitas standing left, leaning on short column, right hand to head.</p><p>Exergue: (Digamma)XXI</p><p>Ticinum Mint</p><p>RIC 573</p><p>Aorta: 1615: B72, O50, R146, T123, M7.</p><p>lucernae 201550022330</p><p>9/13/17 10/10/17</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking.&nbsp; Here is the whole collection as it stands so far.&nbsp; I have a few more pieces of fancy business coming in the mail in the next week and I am very excited while I wait.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=41431&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=41431&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=41431&amp;page=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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