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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 7949688, member: 91820&quot;][ATTACH=full]1377141[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377147[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; As noted in other articles on this site, under Septimius Severus the Rome mint began severely limiting the bronze issues struck at the mint starting ca 197 AD. Among the rarities issues struck 197-198 AD (my dates based on RIC) were those inscribed &quot;IMP X&quot; on the obverse, celebrating Septimius Severus&#039;s tenth acclamation by the legions - my knowledge of this procedure is poor, and my brief research before posting this was unsuccessful.&nbsp; The IMP X types have been described by Curtis Clay on this site - briefly: these types are rare, usually found in poor condition, and as such easily overlooked.&nbsp; I have spent three years looking for different examples of IMP X, with the result that I just acquired my fourth one on ebay Spain - a very worn Salus type (RIC 747) which will be posted on receipt.&nbsp; I had examples of the other three when I started searching&nbsp; - three years of diligent searching, one found, which gives an indication of how scarce these are.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; This photograph (I do not know how to crop it) was sent to me some years ago, and I do not know who owns it. My understanding of RIC is that the image of Salus was only struck for IMP X - why Septimius Severus chose for the most part to ignore a common type in bronze is a mystery.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There is another example - Pax - which is also struck under IMP X&nbsp; -One example previously posted on this site is inscribed &quot;PACI AET PMTRP VI COS II&quot; from an old collection and is the most beautiful of these I have yet come across. RIC 745.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I understand there is another type of PAX under IMP X, without a reverse inscription.&nbsp;&nbsp; My not very great understanding of OUTLOOK means that I have to post what may be an example of this in a separate thread, which I will do now.&nbsp; As usual work is pressing, making it difficult to find the time to do the write ups these fascinating coins deserve, and the reader is referred to Curtis Clay&#039;s comprehensive postings on my other articles dealing with the sestertii of Septimius Severus, including another article on this site devoted to these fascinating coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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