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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 3893055, member: 44132&quot;]This is harder than one might originally think.&nbsp; I have coins that are beautiful to me, and perhaps the best example I&#039;ve seen; however, members may think otherwise.&nbsp; With that in mind, here are a couple of coins I think could qualify:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026858[/ATTACH] </p><p>MACRINUS</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate &amp; cuirassed bust with short beard right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Securitas standing left, holding scepter &amp; leaning on column</p><p>Struck at Rome, 217 AD</p><p>3.15, 20mm</p><p>RIC 24, RSC 62, BMC 40</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026860[/ATTACH] </p><p>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; FVNDATOR PACIS, Septimius, togate and veiled, standing left holding olive branch</p><p>Struck at Rome, 202-210 AD</p><p>3.3g, 18mm,</p><p>RIC 265, RSC 205, BMC 330</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026861[/ATTACH] </p><p>SEVERUS ALEXANDER</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; P M TR P X COS III P P, Sol, radiate. standing left with raised hand and globe</p><p>Struck at Rome, 231 AD</p><p>3.4g, 20mm</p><p>RIC 109</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026862[/ATTACH] </p><p>VOLUSIAN</p><p>AE30&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>OBVERSE: AVTOK K G AFIN GAL OVEND OVOLOCCIANOC CEB, radiate and draped bust right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; ANTIOXEWN MHTRO KOLWN D-e, SC below, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple, the river-god Orontes swimming beneath her, ram leaping right above</p><p>Struck at Syria-Antioch, 251-253 AD</p><p>17.1g, 30mm</p><p>SNGCop 295</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026863[/ATTACH] </p><p>CRISPUS</p><p>AE3</p><p>OBVERSE: D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES&nbsp; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>REVERSE: PROVIDEN TIAECAESS&nbsp; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, leaning on scepter, holding Victory on globe.&nbsp; In field to l., palm branch; in field to r.,&nbsp; dot A; in exergue, SMN</p><p>Struck at Nicomedia 317 - 320 A.D</p><p>2.92g, 18mm</p><p>RIC VII 32</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026870[/ATTACH] </p><p>MN. FONTEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FONTEIA</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Jugate heads of the Dioscuri</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Galley under oar</p><p>Struck at Rome 108-109 BC</p><p>3.9g, 20mm</p><p>Cr.307/1, Fonteia 7[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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