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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2295895, member: 19463&quot;]Pishpash posted the tale of her Reunion with a coin lost and then found.&nbsp; Below is my shameful saga of a coin sent away and later restored to my family group.</p><p><br /></p><p>You all know our John Anthony has been selling coins.&nbsp; I sent him a parcel of unwanted duplicates and outgrown things for him to include in his sales.&nbsp; Some sold; some were rejected; some have yet to be presented.&nbsp; A couple months after he started on the group we still had not seen this denarius of Septimius Severus which JA had reported to me as one I had paid too much for.&nbsp; The failure of better coins to sell made me look again at this one to see why I had paid too much and rethink what we might ask, fairly, for it.&nbsp; I decided to ask JA for its return because none of you would want it but I had overlooked the feature that had made me want it in the first place.&nbsp; I know few here are into Septimius to the degree I am and few here are interested in barbarous coins. I also know that few people including myself would consider paying what I had 25 years ago for this scrap of ugliness as shown below so the proper place for it was right where it had spent the last 25 years --- with me.&nbsp; Today the postman delivered my not new coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve posted my favorites of 2015 and my best bargains in various price brackets.&nbsp; Here is the coin that left and returned in 2015. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]460913[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to be a legionary denarius of the most common LEG XIIII.&nbsp; The part of the reverse legend that remains is normal for the type but the style of the eagle is unusual with curving wings&nbsp; even a bit more artistic than usually seen on these.&nbsp; The portrait isnot right for 193 AD but almost resembles the Rome mint style of a few years later.&nbsp; What remains of the obverse legend appears to be LIRELI SEPTIMI.&nbsp; The first makes no sense to me but the last takes the expected SEP and continues the correct spelling of Septimius.&nbsp; The barbarous(?) die cutter did not just copy but knew the name and expanded it.&nbsp; I very much wish I knew what was on the right side of the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chances are poor that I will find another coin of this unofficial die set but I will continue hoping to learn what it has to teach me.&nbsp; I hope it will forgive me for sending it off as unwanted.&nbsp; When I find a match, I promise it that I will list the pair in my favorites for that year, whatever year that is.</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, below is a normal Rome mint 193 AD LEG XIIII legionary coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]460916[/ATTACH]</p><p>IMP CAE L SEP&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SEV PERT AVG&nbsp; /&nbsp; LEG XIIII GEMMV&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TRP COS[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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