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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4124342, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coins and interesting idea for a thread.&nbsp; I&#039;m going to cheat slightly, because I think I posted one of these before.&nbsp; But they are both from a long time ago (for me, I mean) and I just reshot them.&nbsp; Back when I bought them, the only photos were on film!</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought these in 1987 from a coin shop in Columbus Ohio.&nbsp; Some of my firsts.&nbsp; Buying ancients was frustrating back then - few to be found locally, and the catalogs were either way too high-end for me, or else sold out in moments, usually a day or two <i>before</i> I got my catalog in the mail.&nbsp; So hurray for the Internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>1987 prices:&nbsp; the antoninianus of Elagabalus was $50 - a fortune for me then (and probably a pretty good deal - these seem to be scarce).&nbsp; The Severus Alexander was $23. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068721[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elagabalus&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Antoninianus</b></b></p><p><b>(218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint - </b></p><p>IMP ANTONINVS AVG, radiate draped &amp; cuirassed bust right / PROVID DEORVM, Providentia left, standing, wand over globe &amp; cornucopia; leaning on column</p><p>RIC 129, RSC 243, BMC 155</p><p>(5.09 grams / 23 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I recall being a tad unhappy with this one because of the oblong flan and missing legends - I was pickier when young.&nbsp; What a coin slob I have become since then!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068720[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(222-223 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP C M AVR S[EV AL]EXAND AVG, laureate,&nbsp; draped bust right / PIET[A]S AVG, Pietas standing left, holding right hand over altar, incense box in left arm.</p><p>RIC IVii, 170 (s); Sear 7889.</p><p>(2.75 grams / 19 x 16 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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