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Message:: [QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3202467, member: 85693"]I really enjoyed this post, Roman Collector - interesting approach, this focus on a random coin in the collection.  Your write-up was informative. Doug, as always I enjoy your reflections on your purchases - I still think you are too hard on yourself about duplicates.  Ancients are usually so different in terms of workmanship that each one seems unique to me.  That you pay so much attention to your coins is impressive.  They deserve it, duplicate or not.  For what it's worth, I agree that this VICTOR SEVER AVG reverse type is pretty scarce, at least from what I've seen eBay trolling. The post inspired me to go through my rinky-dink Claudius II collection.  I found two that I bought together recently that had interesting SALVS reverses - Apollo and Isis.  I don't know much about these, but I recall reading somewhere that the various SALVS types for Claudius may of had something to do with the illness that killed him (the plague?).  I thought the opposite-facing busts made for a nice pairing: [ATTACH=full]829124[/ATTACH] Claudius II GothicusÆ Antoninianus (268-270 A.D.) Antioch MintIMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, Radiate head left / SALVS AVG, Apollo standing left holding branch and leaning on upright lyre.RIC 216 var.; Sear 11368.(2.95 grams / 20 mm) Claudius II GothicusÆ Antoninianus (268-270 A.D.) Antioch MintIMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVG, Isis Faria standing, holding sistrum and basket; Є in exergue.RIC 217 var; Normanby 1109.(3.34 grams / 21 mm)[/QUOTE]

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