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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3000306, member: 19463&quot;]I do wish all would post both sides of the coin even if the only thing that interests you is the portrait.&nbsp; That would allow the rest of us to identify the coin and enjoy other aspects of it besides the portrait.&nbsp; In this case, I do not know right off the Provincial city that provided the excellent Trajan.&nbsp; The Septimius is a Rome mint 193 AD which is a period of particular interest to me. I might guess that the style could be one used with the VIRT AVG reverse but having no reverse leaves me wondering.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]742269[/ATTACH]</p><p>One of the great things about ancients is that each die was an individual original piece of art with no mechanical duplicating. We can see differences and even have favorite dies in our areas of specialty but this might take a few years of looking at coins that all seem the same to most people.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero:&nbsp; I do believe it better if we collect coins without feeling doing so requires we admire the person who issued the coin.&nbsp; Rather few Romans would show well by 2018 standards.&nbsp; Nero was not the worst ruler Rome experienced and he did have some interesting coins.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a nice denarius but am quite pleased with several asses which are the bargain denomination of that period.&nbsp; Sure I would rather my coins were larger denominations (the Janus type even comes in gold) but I&#039;m happy to have the type in any size or metal.&nbsp; The first shown on page one was a dupondius which I do not have. This is an as.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]742278[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My dupondius is a Securitas reverse.&nbsp; The patina obscures the fact it was yellow brass and Nero issued dupondii both with and without the radiate crown.&nbsp; This one is Lugdunum mint.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]742279[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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