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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3274228, member: 19463&quot;]I also have stopped saying OK to photo ID.&nbsp; I do not like the coin because of the surface erosion which reminds me of the top two ocat.... coins which I consider fakes from the same batch.&nbsp; There are enough buyers now who accept poor surfaces that it can be profitable to abuse new looking fakes with acid and abrasion to cover up signs of their being new manufacture.&nbsp; The problem is that modern batch cleaning abuses real coins in a similar manner.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care if a coin is real or fake in such cases.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want either.</p><p><br /></p><p>This very common type for Septimius and Caracalla has several minor variations based on whether the goddess holds a staff of not, a thunderbolt or drum and whether she faces to the right or faces the viewer.&nbsp; Some of these are a great deal more scarce than others.&nbsp; I am not a specialist in later Rome mint Septimius like these and do not have all the details in mind but these are coins that lend themselves to study by specialists if they interest you. </p><p>Thunderbolt, staff, facing right </p><p>[ATTACH=full]864233[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>drum, staff, facing front</p><p>[ATTACH=full]864234[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla, </p><p>[ATTACH=full]864235[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not own a no staff example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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