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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4066717, member: 85693"]Nice coins. I have some cheap-o Severans I've picked up lately that I now have an excuse to post:</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is just cute as a button:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1063374[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus Æ 17</b></p><p><b>(193-211 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Thrace, Philippopolis </b></p><p>AV KAI CEYHΡOC, laureate head right / ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, bunch</p><p>of grapes on small stem.</p><p>Varbanov 1261; SNG Cop 777; Moushmov 5254.</p><p>(4.43 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what five bucks can sometimes buy you - chipped flan and I think it is crystalizing internally - but I thought the artwork was pretty spiffy. I'll try not to drop it!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1063373[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Septimius Severus Denarius </b></p><p><b>(200-201 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head right /RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Severus</p><p>in military dress sacrificing over lighted tripod, patera in right hand, sceptre in left.</p><p>RIC 167a, RSC 599, BMC 202</p><p>(2.00 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the Mrs.:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1063371[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Julia Domna Denarius</b></p><p><b>(196-211 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated left, veiled and right hand on breast; left arm at side.</p><p>RIC 576; RSC 168.</p><p>(2.97 grams / 18 x 16 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the Mrs. again, sestertius version. I am inexcusably crazy about this one - all those colors, that baleful eye despite all the wear!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1063372[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Domna Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(207-211 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>[IVLI]A AVGVSTA, draped bust right / [VENVS FELI]X S C, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and raising a fold of drapery.</p><p>RIC IV 866; BMCRE 775.</p><p>(20.49 grams / 29 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4066717, member: 85693"]Nice coins. I have some cheap-o Severans I've picked up lately that I now have an excuse to post: I think this is just cute as a button: [ATTACH=full]1063374[/ATTACH] [B]Septimius Severus Æ 17 (193-211 A.D.) Thrace, Philippopolis [/B] AV KAI CEYHΡOC, laureate head right / ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, bunch of grapes on small stem. Varbanov 1261; SNG Cop 777; Moushmov 5254. (4.43 grams / 17 mm) Here is what five bucks can sometimes buy you - chipped flan and I think it is crystalizing internally - but I thought the artwork was pretty spiffy. I'll try not to drop it! [ATTACH=full]1063373[/ATTACH] [B]Septimius Severus Denarius (200-201 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head right /RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Severus in military dress sacrificing over lighted tripod, patera in right hand, sceptre in left. RIC 167a, RSC 599, BMC 202 (2.00 grams / 18 mm) Here's the Mrs.: [ATTACH=full]1063371[/ATTACH] [B]Julia Domna Denarius (196-211 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated left, veiled and right hand on breast; left arm at side. RIC 576; RSC 168. (2.97 grams / 18 x 16 mm) Here's the Mrs. again, sestertius version. I am inexcusably crazy about this one - all those colors, that baleful eye despite all the wear! [ATTACH=full]1063372[/ATTACH] [B]Julia Domna Æ Sestertius (207-211 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] [IVLI]A AVGVSTA, draped bust right / [VENVS FELI]X S C, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and raising a fold of drapery. RIC IV 866; BMCRE 775. (20.49 grams / 29 mm)[/QUOTE]
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