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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3531589, member: 57495&quot;]Nice bargains, [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER].&nbsp; I didn&#039;t have the time to go through Savoca&#039;s massive catalogue of offerings this weekend, but I&#039;ve picked up a few interesting coins in their past &quot;Blue&quot; auctions.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess it&#039;s not surprising that one of my pickups is the same type as [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]&#039;s. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]938306[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Another one I really like is this anepigraphic reverse Hadrian denarius. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]938307[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>HADRIAN</b></p><p>Rare. AR Denarius. 3.12g, 18.9mm. Rome mint, AD 134-138. RIC 294d; Sear 3551; BMCRE III p. 338, *. O: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right. R: No legend, Hadrian standing right, wearing military garb, inverted spear in right hand, parazonium in left hand, left foot on crocodile (?). </p><p><br /></p><p>They also have pricier coins in their &quot;Silver&quot; auctions, which is where I picked up this Sep Sev provincial.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938311[/ATTACH]<b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>AE Tetrassarion. 10.86g, 28.3mm. PONTUS, Heracleopolis (as Sebastopolis), dated CY 208 (AD 205/6). Amandry &amp; Remy 17b; Voegtli type 4o. O: AY KAI Λ CЄ-ΠTI [...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: CEBACTΟΠO H[PAKΛE]-O-ΠO, The Seventh Labour of Hercules : Hercules wrestling the Cretan Bull, in field, ЄT HC (date).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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