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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 1470782, member: 21445&quot;]#7 My very first ancient, yup. This is the coin that started my path into ancients &amp; away from U.S. coinage full time. This coin was again, a coin owned my CT poster <b>Stainless</b>. This board was having a contest with $ earned going to a charity. I saw this coin listed &amp; thought <u>&quot;it would be nice to just have 1 ancient</u>&quot;. So I purchased it.&nbsp; After it arrived I was blown away with the detail something so old could have &amp; at a reasonable price. After researching who this fellow was and being intrigued by his history, I decided to get one of his wife, Julia Domna, then his sons…then it was a domino effect that hasn&#039;t stopped.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So even though this coin is common to ancient collectors it holds a ton of sentimental value &amp; memories &amp; for that, earns its place in my top 10 &amp; as well as a piece I can&#039;t part with, not even for a Athens owl or Portrait Julius Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now a Brutus Eid Mar on the other hand..:devil:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://i45.tinypic.com/343qmu8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Septimius Severus (193 - 211 A.D)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, 201 A.D.</p><p>O: SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, Laureate head right. </p><p>R:RESTITVTOR VRBIS (Restoration of the City), Severus in military attire, spear in left, sacrificing over a tripod altar with right.</p><p>RIC 167a RSC 599 BMCRE 202</p><p>3.3g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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