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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7853809, member: 85693&quot;]Jochen - thank you so much!&nbsp; This information is very, very helpful.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This Auspex fellow is new to me - I found quite a bit of stuff online, including Patricia Lawrence&#039;s article on the coins: FORVM:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/Auspex_Dies.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/Auspex_Dies.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/Auspex_Dies.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Wikipedia article on Auspex - it seems he was quite the political/military player - he wasn&#039;t a chicken either:&nbsp; &quot;...and even mocked the incoming emperor Septimius Severus when Severus announced his self-adoption into the imperial family of Marcus Aurelius...&quot;&nbsp; Mocking Septimius Severus was probably not a good idea for most people.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollienus_Auspex_(consul_under_Marcus_Aurelius)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollienus_Auspex_(consul_under_Marcus_Aurelius)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollienus_Auspex_(consul_under_Marcus_Aurelius)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Vcoin listing (Incitatus) with more info on Auspex:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...Struck under Magistrate Pollenius AUSPEX, who apparently had a very brief time in office in the east before being transferred to Britain, where he was Governor from circa 200-205 AD, after Severus&#039; defeat of Clodius Albinus...&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/incitatus_coins/79/product/septimius_severus_ae_26mm_magistrate_pollenius_auspex_capitoline_aphrodite_on_reverse_important_historic_type_rare/158774/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/incitatus_coins/79/product/septimius_severus_ae_26mm_magistrate_pollenius_auspex_capitoline_aphrodite_on_reverse_important_historic_type_rare/158774/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/incitatus_coins/79/product/septimius_severus_ae_26mm_magistrate_pollenius_auspex_capitoline_aphrodite_on_reverse_important_historic_type_rare/158774/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again, [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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