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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7589766, member: 19463&quot;]Both FORT REDVX and MARS VICTOR were used by Septimius Severus from Eastern mints.&nbsp; Mars is a bit &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot;.&nbsp; This MAREI VICT with the COS obverse is &quot;NOT AT ALL OFTEN SEEN&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307487[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>FORTVNA REDUX was a common type but exists in a number of variations that are &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot;.&nbsp; Combined with the &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot; left facing bust this Fortuna as Pietas standing is &quot;NOT EVER SEEN&quot; or at least, I have not seen another.&nbsp; Note the reverse is spelled out rather than abbreviated.[ATTACH=full]1307488[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>More &quot;OFTEN SEEN&quot; is Fortuna posing as Hilaritas with long palm. These are a bit&nbsp; &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot; but actually as common as dirt compared to the others shown here.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307493[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The common FORTVNA REDVCI for these is standing with rudder.&nbsp; This one is &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot; because of the spelling FOTVNAE REDVCI.&nbsp; It uses the CO obverse die spelling &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307492[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the FORT REDVX family also has seated types including some way too common for this thread.&nbsp; The &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot; one below has been seen here more than once since both Maridvnvm and I have one and neither of us are shy when it comes to posting Eastern SS coins.&nbsp; In addition to using the less common IIC obverse the rereverse is spelled FORTVNAE REREDVC. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307491[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As a footnote, the standing and sitting Fortuna types were also used on Eastern denarii of Julia Domna (all &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot;) but the one shown here is more (or is it less?) &quot;NOT OFTEN SEEN&quot; with the LORTVN REDVC spelling with the long palm option.&nbsp; I believe that all permutations for this type once existed for both rulers but we may not have found all of them yet.&nbsp; When I find a coin I think is &#039;different&#039; I tend to find that Maridvnvm has one, too.&nbsp; His postings may have suggested that you might find some varieties with a great deal more ease than is the case.&nbsp; I am unaware of a resource with a better showing of Eastern Severus than back posts on Coin Talk (mostly by Maridvnvm). My coin below came from the Barry Murphy collection when it was dispersed.&nbsp; He did not see fit to mention the L.&nbsp; His online resource is still very valuable (even if Martin has a number he lacked). </p><p><a href="https://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/jdemesa1.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/jdemesa1.htm" rel="nofollow">https://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/jdemesa1.htm</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307501[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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