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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3531004, member: 19463"]I regret to announce that my Mac-Di Marcianopolis Athena is defective. She dropped her owl and opted to sacrifice from a patera over a lighted altar. I remember buying the coin because I liked the triple line legend under the busts.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938108[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite little owl coins (shown here too often) feature Minerva by Septimius Severus and Pescennius Niger. Both date to the time of their civil war which Severus won making his coins cheaper. Both of these denarii are equally rare unless I have missed some. Neither made RIC. </p><p>Pescennius Niger Antioch</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938123[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus 'Emesa' mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938128[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The most common tiny owl coins I know are those of Domitian. I am surprised none have made this thread yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3531004, member: 19463"]I regret to announce that my Mac-Di Marcianopolis Athena is defective. She dropped her owl and opted to sacrifice from a patera over a lighted altar. I remember buying the coin because I liked the triple line legend under the busts. [ATTACH=full]938108[/ATTACH] My favorite little owl coins (shown here too often) feature Minerva by Septimius Severus and Pescennius Niger. Both date to the time of their civil war which Severus won making his coins cheaper. Both of these denarii are equally rare unless I have missed some. Neither made RIC. Pescennius Niger Antioch [ATTACH=full]938123[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus 'Emesa' mint [ATTACH=full]938128[/ATTACH] The most common tiny owl coins I know are those of Domitian. I am surprised none have made this thread yet.[/QUOTE]
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