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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2274378, member: 31620&quot;]I had been collecting British coins and had started to focus on pre-Norman pennies when I saw the following coin listed with a dealer I was buying from at the time. It had Mars on it, whch is the root for my name and so appealed to me at a very ego centric level. It was a fraction of the price of the coins I was buying at the time. I bought it and the very slippery slope into ancients began.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Severus Alexander denarius </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing right, holding a spear and shield</p><p>Minted in Rome, A.D. 232</p><p>References:– RIC 246, RSC 161a</p><p><br /></p><p>This was my first ancient coin and is still one of my favourites </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20077a%20img~2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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