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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 3409323, member: 36818&quot;][USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER] Nice first silver Septimius. Great portrait and I like the &quot;honest&quot; wear. Here&#039;s my first Septimius coin, ex Berk BBS 114, 23 May 2000, lot 369. It&#039;s one of the first ancient coins I ever bought. Not <i>the</i> first, but maybe the third:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]905316[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 202–10 CE; 3.32g. BMCRE 370, Hill 900 (R3), RIC 299, RSC 713 (Cohen, 5 Fr., citing the Gosselin Sale). Obv: SEVERVS – PIVS AVG; head laureate r. Rx: VICTORIAE AVGG; Victory, holding whip, in biga galloping r. Rare; only 3 in Reka Devnia. VF</p><p><br /></p><p>Die duplicate of Rauch MBS 9, 23 September 2005, lot 940; VAuctions 265, 16 June 2011, lot 140; and Peus 417, 2 November 2016, lot 394. Struck from different dies than Naville 30, 02 April 2017, lot 589.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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