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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2903343, member: 84744&quot;]Looks and sounds like a sweet deal!</p><p><br /></p><p>My favourite new FELIX coin is this lrb from Rome: VRBS ROMA FELIX, issued 404-8.&nbsp; (Unfortunately the missing part of the obverse legend makes it impossible to tell whether the portrait is of Arcadius or Honorius.&nbsp; Maybe some day I&#039;ll find a die link?)</p><p><br /></p><p>The irony of the type is palpable.&nbsp; The city of Rome at this time, lucky?&nbsp; Not so much.&nbsp; Beginning in 408 it was subjected to siege 3 times in immediate succession by Alaric, culminating in the sack of 410 that sent shockwaves throughout the Empire and beyond.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems it was a wise decision to discontinue the type, no? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]699747[/ATTACH] </p><p>It is hard to find a nice one of these, this one is actually pretty good.&nbsp; (Many thanks to my source, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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