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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24671861, member: 26430&quot;]Congratulations on the bucket list coin! This is a great type, and that&#039;s a great example.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the coins I most regret selling was of this type (sold c. 2013). Venus did have a bit of a flat rear, but I really loved the die-clash, leaving a ghostly image of Domna surrounding Venus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573311[/ATTACH]</p><p>It occurs to me that <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rude-roman-coins.406940/#post-24664399" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rude-roman-coins.406940/#post-24664399">I also recently mentioned regretting selling my Septimius Priapus types</a>. I may have to accept that I&#039;m attracted to ancient coins for reasons less sophisticated than I&#039;d prefer to believe. Perhaps I&#039;m also more conflicted than I realize, having sold all three of my favorite &quot;crudities&quot;...</p><p><i>(What are you doing to my psyche, Ancient Roman Coins?!</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug Smith has the photos of his examples of this same clashed die pair posted in various places. Once you&#039;ve seen a couple, this die pair becomes instantly recognizable. You can see them on his Brockage vs. Clashed page: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Doug has a good &quot;His &amp; Hers&quot; page for this Venus type of Julia Domna &amp; Septimius Severus (yes, it is very unusual for Septimius to have the feminine rev. types, which makes it extra interesting):</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac41ven.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac41ven.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac41ven.html</a></p><p>Several of the Domna/Venus types on his other pages: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/jdemes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/jdemes.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/jdemes.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>EDIT: </b><i><b>I had forgotten about that previous pile-on thread of Venus&#039; butt coins!</b> The photo of one of Doug&#039;s clashed dies (and all the non-clashed others, incl. Septimius) are there too, as are many other lovely examples and similar types:</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/im-not-saying-i-specialize-in-ancient-butts-butt-theres-this-bun-fun-post.392383/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/im-not-saying-i-specialize-in-ancient-butts-butt-theres-this-bun-fun-post.392383/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/im-not-saying-i-specialize-in-ancient-butts-butt-theres-this-bun-fun-post.392383/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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