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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2333767, member: 19463&quot;]This was not a good time for coin quality at Rome under Septimius. Finding really nice Pax denarii might take some looking.&nbsp; My two Pax denarii illustrate this even though they are different than the ro coin in that they have PACI AETERNAE rather than dated reverse legend and come from IMP X rather than his VIII.&nbsp; The first was better die work, really nice portrait but was struck on a flan with some slag embedded in the reverse.&nbsp; The second has lower relief and lesser style.&nbsp; I decided I did not need both so, after considerable questioning of the matter, I decided to send the first off to JA to sell.&nbsp; He failed here on CT and, so far, on eBay.&nbsp; Most people who want just one coin of Septimius prefer the later corkscrew beard style to this mid period type where the beard is just starting to fall into the three distinctive coils.&nbsp; Note the beard progression even from the ro coin to my first one below.&nbsp; This period saw obvious progression in coins of growing boys Caracalla and Geta but their father changed year by year as well.&nbsp; At minimum, a set would be three coins.&nbsp; More might make you in danger of being considered a specialist in Septimius and no one wants that!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]473384[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]473385[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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