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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3840073, member: 96898&quot;]Wow everyone, what a wonderful selection of great Severan coins in this thread!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] , that coin is simply fantastic. What a mindblowingly detailed reverse! You might want to change your description, though. After close examination, I am pretty convinced that the animal you identified as a lion actually is an early depiction of the killer rabbit from <i>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019341[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=101013]@Limes[/USER] , that&#039;s a beautiful and interesting type. A <i>dea caelestis</i> denarius is already high on my want list, and looking at your coin has propelled it even further up.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=80783]@Julius Germanicus[/USER], your complete (!) portrait series of Severan sestertii is truly impressive. This is by far the nicest Macrinus sestertius I have seen posted here, and probably the first time I see a sestertius of Diadumenian. Also, I very much like that all your coins have a&nbsp; similar type of toning. A stellar collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] , your tetradrachm makes me regret (and possibly reconsider) my decision to stay away from provincial coinage...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A pity – I always enjoy reading your Severan-themed posts and looking at your extraordinary coin photography. That&#039;s an interesting reverse on your sestertius, though. And if I see correctly, the cuirassed bust on the obverse has a detailed depiction of Roman scale armour (<i>lorica squamata</i>), doesn&#039;t it? That&#039;s something I&#039;d consider quite cool...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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