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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2672305, member: 19463&quot;]That is a very nice coin.&nbsp; There are many, many coins of Pescennius Niger that are not found in the literature and many dies seem to have survived with just one coin.&nbsp; That is consistent with the theory that many were made but they were withdrawn from &#039;legal tender&#039; status by Septimius who made them &#039;dangerous to own&#039;.&nbsp; The huge Reka Devnia hoard included zero.&nbsp; 54 Pertinax, 11 Didius, 184 Albinus and 7256 Septimius.&nbsp; Hmmmm.&nbsp; Of course the other theory is the ones in Reka Devnia were pilfered before the count was made???</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two.&nbsp; The BONI EV<b>I</b>NTVS is the only one I have seen while the VICTOR IVST AVG&nbsp; is common.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen three. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]595377[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]595378[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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