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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3288573, member: 84744&quot;]My travels have made it tricky to post, but I finally have a chance to properly thank my not-so-secret Saturn, [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER].&nbsp; I had a bit of a suspicion that Bing might be the one when he sent me a pm not too long after the Secret Saturn thing got started this year, and just happened to mention offhand: &quot;BTW, do you have an on-line catalog for your own personal coins? I&#039;ve been asking several of the CT family just so I can look through everyone&#039;s collections. I know we all have our favorite coins and favorite eras. Mine seems to be both the firsts centuries BC and AD.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty stealthy, eh? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; In other words, what the heck is it exactly that you collect, anyway?!&nbsp; I sympathize.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure it must be frustrating to get assigned a generalist like myself.&nbsp; What do you get?!</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case Bing came through with flying colours by sending me a sestertius of my namesake (only this quickie phone photo right now, which doesn&#039;t do the coin justice, it is just lovely):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]869467[/ATTACH] </p><p>Severus Alexander (222-235), AE Sestertius, issued 223.&nbsp; Obv: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG. Rev: PONT MAX TR P II COS P P, Pax seated left, holding branch and sceptre.&nbsp; RIC 402.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s impossible to go wrong in getting me an SA coin, and this one is appealing to me for two reasons.&nbsp; First, I love the young, second-year portrait style and this one is particularly elegant.&nbsp; Second, the coin illustrates the early stages of sestertii being issued with a squared-off flan, something I don&#039;t have an example of until much later.</p><p><br /></p><p>So thank you so much, Bing!!&nbsp; You totally nailed it!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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