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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 4007211, member: 80783&quot;]One nice thing about Sestertii (apart from their size and the fancy colours they sometimes come in) is that they seem to be the prefered subject for die studies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my old Septimius Severus Sestertius - I planned to replace it with the new one but maybe I´ll keep it anyway because I like that golden colour and interesting reverse. And it is much rounder than the OP coin which seems to be one of the earliest examples of the the oddly shaped flans that became the rule for later 3rd century Sestertii. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054789[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V - Laureate Head of Septimius Severus right</p><p>VIRTVTI AVG S C - Severus, in military attire, standing left, holding Victory on globe and spear, crowned by helmeted Virtus or Roma standing left behind him, also holding parazonium</p><p>Sestertius, Rome AD 195</p><p>RIC 693, BMCRE 562, Cohen 773, Banti 176 (9 specimens, same obverse die as specimen illustrated from Auction Naville II, 1922 / Vautier collection)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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