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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2487895, member: 76194&quot;]All of you probably remember this blasted forgery which I displayed here for several months, and which no one else seemed to catch either.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526084[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not my finest hour as a collector...and for the last few months I&#039;ve lived without a Septimius Severus...well, technically I never had one as mine was a fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>This wouldn&#039;t do, so at last I have me a Septimius Severus. This denarius was minted in 210AD as Septimius Severus was having a nice camping trip with his lovely children Caracalla and Geta, in the hopes that killing lots of Scottish tribesmen would create a strong bond between Caracalla and Geta.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t you just love it when father takes his children for a nice camping trip with a sideshow of mass murder, rapine, and mass enslaving of civilian populations? Whatever happened to taking the children to a nice baseball game? Well, I guess the Romans didn&#039;t do baseball, so I can&#039;t judge them too harshly then.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, behold my new coin. You&#039;ll agree the reverse with Neptune is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The reverse die was not that fresh by then, and the strike is definitely nothing to write home about. Where the magic happens is on that obverse. <b>Just look at it!</b> I think you&#039;d agree that this is approaching as good as it gets as far as Septimius Severus portraits go. If you disagree let me know, but if you are not wowed by this portrait you should definitely consider scheduling your yearly visit to your optometrist.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526085[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>Rome Mint (210 AD)</p><p>AR Denarius, 3.386g, max diameter 19.1mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Reverse: PM TR P XVIII COS III PP, Neptune standing left, nude but for cloack over left shoulder and right arm, right foot on rock, right arm resting on knee, trident vertical behind left hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>References: RIC IV 234; RSC III 543; BMCRE V p. 360, 19; SRCV II 6346 (TRP XVII, 209AD)</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: I know [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] is a big fan of the earlier wild beards, but I have to say I&#039;m a big fan of the stylized 3 point beard Severus rocked later in his reign.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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