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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 3279851, member: 36818&quot;]Here are my top 10.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]866932[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b>10. Caracalla.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 208 CE; 18mm, 2.87g, 6h. BMCRE S574–5, RIC 108, RSC 510. Obv: ANTONINVS – PIVS AVG; youth’s laureate head r. Rx: PONTIF TR P XI – COS III around, PROF in exergue; Caracalla, in military attire, on horse walking r., holding spear; before him, foeman kneeling r., raising r. hand. Fine style with old collection toning; VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>------------------------</p><p>[ATTACH=full]866930[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>9. Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 210 CE; 19mm, 3.09g, 11h. BMCRE 26, Hill 1149 (S2), RIC 234, RSC 543. Obv: SEVERVS – PIVS AVG; head laureate r. Rx: P M TR P XVIII – COS III P P; Neptune, naked but for cloak from shoulder, standing half-l., foot on rock, holding trident and resting r. hand on knee. Good EF.</p><p><br /></p><p>------------------------</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]866929[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>8. Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 221 CE; 18mm, 2.78g, 7h. BMCRE 262, RIC 51, RSC 204, Thirion 185 (R). Obv: IMP ANTONINVS – PIVS AVG; laureate bust r., draped, seen from the front, with “horn” over forehead, bearded. Rx: P M TR P IIII CO–S III P P; Elagabalus, laureate and in Syrian priestly dress, standing l. holding patera above altar in r. hand and club upwards in l. hand; before him and placed between the altar and the emperor, a standard; behind him a decorated spear; star in field l.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rare variant with standard before and spear behind the emperor; 0 in Reka Devnia. For an illustrated example, see BMCRE 340 (misattributed to Antioch), pl. 93, no. 6.</p><p><br /></p><p>------------------------</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]866928[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>7. Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 221–2 CE; 20mm, 3.05g, 6h. BMCRE 225 note var (two stars)., RIC 131 var (same)., RSC 246 var (same), Thirion 304 (R3). Obv: IMP ANTONINVS – PIVS AVG; laureate bust r., draped, seen from the front, with horn over forehead, incipient beard. Rx: SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB; Elagabalus standing r., sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar, holding club or rod (cypress?) upright; two stars, one each in fields l. and r. MS.</p><p><br /></p><p>------------------------</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]866927[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>6. Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 210–1 CE; 19mm, 3.25g, 2h. BMCRE G57, CRB 44, Hill 1139 (R), RIC 336, RSC 730. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT; head laureate r. Rx: VICTORIAE B–RIT; Victory, half-naked, standing front, head r., holding palm in r. hand, attaching round shield to palm tree. Rare; 0 in Reka Devnia. Toned; near EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Frederick S. Knobloch Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>------------------------</p><p>[ATTACH=full]866940[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>5. Septimius Severus.</b> Æ as, Rome, 208 CE; 26mm, 8.94g, 1 h. BMCRE —, C —, Hill —, RIC —. Obv: SEVERVS – PIVS AVG; head laureate r. Rx: P M TR P XVI COS III P P / S - C in exergue; Jupiter standing front, head to r., holding thunderbolt in his r. hand and scepter with his l. Somewhat rough, otherwise, good F.</p><p><br /></p><p>Extremely rare; unpublished in the standard references and possibly unique.</p><p><br /></p><p>------------------------</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]866926[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>4. </b> <b>Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius (posthumous issue), Rome, struck under Caracalla 211(?) CE; 19mm, 3.36g, 11h. BMCRE C21–3, RSC 84, Hill 1232 (R), RIC 191c (Caracalla) (S). Obv: DIVO SEVERO PIO; bare head r. Rx: CONSECRATIO; eagle standing front on globe, looking l. Scarce; 10 in Reka Devnia. EF.</p><p>------------------------</p><p>[ATTACH=full]866925[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>3. Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 193 CE; 18mm, 3.33g, 1h. BMCRE 8, Hill 22 (R3), RIC 5, RSC 260. Obv: IMP CAE L SEP S–EV PERT AVG; head laureate r. Rx: LEG II ADIVT; legionary eagle on low perch l., between 2 standards / TRP COS in exergue. Rare; 4 in Reka Devnia. VF.</p><p>------------------------</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]866922[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>2. Annia Faustina.</b> Egypt, 221 CE. Potin tetradrachm, Alexandria, dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (222 CE). 23mm, 11.98g, 11h. Köln 2385, Dattari (Savio) 4193, K&amp;G 59.6. Obv: ANNIA – ΦAYCTINA – [CEBA]; draped bust r. Rx: conjoined busts of Helios and Selene; L Є (date) before. Dark brown patina; VF.</p><p>------------------------</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]866937[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>1. Caracalla.</b> Thrace, Serdica, c. 211 CE. Æ29, 17.35g. Varbanov 2233 var (bust). Obv: AYT K M AY CEV ANTΩNEINΟC; man’s laureate head r., bearded. Rx: OYΛΠIAC CEPΔI / KHC in exergue; Geta standing r. and Caracalla standing l. [?], each holding parazonium and reversed spear, with a foot on a kneeling captive; between, trophy on shaft. Very rare variety with head only rather than bust. Near EF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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