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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3439375, member: 19463&quot;]Denarii of the Alexandria mint:</p><p>Commodus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913206[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Pertinax</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913207[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913211[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913213[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Clodius Albinus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913218[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are no Eastern denarii of Didius Julianus. I question just how widely he was recognized as emperor out of Rome itself.&nbsp; I sold my only ever coin of his in 1974 and never felt the urge to replace it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the Alexandria mint Pescennius Niger coins are aurei </p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=673357" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=673357" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=673357</a></p><p>so I&#039;ll show a denarius of his from Caesarea.&nbsp; Most of his coins are attributed to Antioch.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913226[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I particularly suggest anyone interested in a Pescennius Niger coin be doubly careful.&nbsp; There are many fakes.&nbsp; One was withdrawn from a recent big name auction when they were notified and the coin was immediately listed on eBay. The most common fake is the Slavei but there are many others.&nbsp; It is not a coin to buy carelessly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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