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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3557941, member: 76086&quot;]I think most of us, if we have been collecting for a long time, come across many wonderful picks.&nbsp; Probably half my collection falls into that category, either by price or rarity.&nbsp; This is one of the more recent examples which is both types of pick:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]945824[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Lucius Verus, 161 - 169 AD</b></p><p>Æ Drachm, Egypt, Alexandria Mint, 31mm, 23.03 grams</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b>&nbsp; Λ AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC CEB, Laureate and draped bust of Lucius right.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b>&nbsp; Semasia on horseback galloping left wearing elephant skin headdress and holding palm frond and reins.&nbsp; LENATOV on left, CHMACIA below.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>References:</b></p><p>Emmett 2433.9&nbsp; //&nbsp; Dattari (Savio) 9508</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cost:</b></p><p>$25</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b></p><p>Chris Donaldson, Santa Clara Coin Show, April 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b></p><p>Extremely rare.&nbsp; From CNG Coins:&nbsp; “<i>Σημείον</i>means ‘signal,’ as <i>σημεία</i>is a military standard, which signals the location of an army. Semasia, therefore, is the herald that brings news of a military triumph – in this case the news that the Parthians had been routed by the Roman army, losing Seleuceia and Ctesiphon in the wake of the Armenian War. This very rare and interesting depiction of Semasia also occurs on Alexandrian drachms of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Junior, further recanting the military exploits during the reign of Marcus Aurelius.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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