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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2314717, member: 76194&quot;]Allow me to introduce you to my first coin this year, a Septimius Severus denarius with a RESTITVTOR VRBIS reverse featuring a helmeted Roma with Palladium.</p><p><br /></p><p>JA rescued this baby from what he described as a &quot;throw away coin box.&quot; Now, I don&#039;t know what dealer would think this was a throw away coin, because underneath this amazing looking ebony toning that is probably several centuries old,&nbsp; lies a great portrait of Septimius Severus. Sure, the reverse shows a little porosity, but that&#039;s nothing uncommon in coins of this era. I don&#039;t see what would have condemned this coin to a junk box except that some people just can&#039;t appreciate a little toning. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s JA&#039;s picture of my new Septimius Severus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]466908[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>He is joined in my collection by his son Caracalla (see below). Now I really have no excuse to get me a Geta.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]466909[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And since I&#039;m feeling rather lazy, being the new year and all, I asked JA if I could use his picture as my official picture for the coin. He did a great job capturing a black toned coin. He said I could...which is great. There is nothing like outsourcing a task to make me feel even lazier <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]466910[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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