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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2914565, member: 19463&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I just saw the Frank Robinson results were posted and I won the LEG IIII in his sale.&nbsp; Of course you won&#039;t be interested in it because it is SS not MA.&nbsp; Sorry.</p><p>This is my old one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]704431[/ATTACH] </p><p>Frank&#039;s is no upgrade but is a different obverse die and I do not mind having duplicates on coins like this when they go cheaply.&nbsp; In Septimius Severus, LEG IIII is only &#039;moderately&#039; rare.&nbsp; It is a Reka Devnia 1;&nbsp; the &#039;really&#039; rare ones are RD 0.&nbsp; A couple of the most common SS were in the hoard at over 200 pieces which is not all that many when you consider there were over 7000 SS denarii out of the 81k hoard total. The vast majority of people who want a Septimius legionary do not care which legion they get and only wild fools (like me) have the set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I mentioned Reka Devnia:&nbsp; I find it amazing that there were 9 Antony legionaries in the hoard which was mostly 2nd and 3rd century.&nbsp; Of the 9, four were not readable (worn out) and one each was from II, VII and XI.&nbsp; Two (therefore the most common of the legions) were from XXI which is on your list!&nbsp; There were also 20 of the Aurelius and Verus restorations but those don&#039;t count since they were 200 years newer than the &#039;real thing&#039;.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure when most people consider the earliest date that RD is a somewhat accurate measure of rarity.&nbsp; I&#039;d guess the Flavians.&nbsp; Obviously the &#039;most common&#039; status for MA LEG XXI is a meaningless statistic just done to rub in the fact you still want one.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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