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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8171505, member: 57495&quot;][ATTACH=full]1427566[/ATTACH]<b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>AE As. 9.11g, 25.9mm. Rome mint, AD 210. RIC 804; Cohen 551-2. O: [SE]VER[VS] PIVS AVG, laureate head right. R: P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Roma right holding palladium and spear; before her, a kneeling captive; SC in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex RJM Collection; ex Alex G. Malloy, Ancient Coins LIII (coin #235); ex William Turner Collection, acquired circa 1812-1817</i></p><p>Notes: William Turner (1792-1867) was a British diplomat whose post in the Foreign Office in the early 19th century led him on a series of travels throughout Greece and Asia Minor.&nbsp; In 1820, he published a book on his travels entitled <i>Journal of a Tour in the Levant</i>, in which he would sometimes describe his acquiring of coins and other antiquities at the places he visited.&nbsp; After his death, his coin collection was inherited by his son, Mansfield Turner, in whose family it would remain until 1987.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Another old provenance[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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