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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4808056, member: 57495"]I've been wanting an Alexandria mint Sep Sev, but I didn't want to pay too much for one. The result : </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166964[/ATTACH]<b>Septimius Severus. </b>AD 193-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.79 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck AD 194. IMP CAE L SE P SEV PERT AVG, laureate head right / BONI E V ENTVS, Bonus Eventus standing left, holding plate of fruit and grain ears. Bickford-Smith p. 55-6; RIC IV 347; BMCRE 321; RSC 66. VF. </p><p><i>From the Richard McAlee Collection.</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>It wasn't my favorite in the auction (<a href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-QQL0C/septimius-severus-ad-193-211-ar-denarius-18mm-313-g-12h-alexandria-mint-struck-ad-194" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-QQL0C/septimius-severus-ad-193-211-ar-denarius-18mm-313-g-12h-alexandria-mint-struck-ad-194" rel="nofollow">lot 475</a> was), but it was the second cheapest, and I think I'll be happy with it. I liked the Alexandria mint Clodius Albinus as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4808056, member: 57495"]I've been wanting an Alexandria mint Sep Sev, but I didn't want to pay too much for one. The result : [ATTACH=full]1166964[/ATTACH][B]Septimius Severus. [/B]AD 193-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.79 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck AD 194. IMP CAE L SE P SEV PERT AVG, laureate head right / BONI E V ENTVS, Bonus Eventus standing left, holding plate of fruit and grain ears. Bickford-Smith p. 55-6; RIC IV 347; BMCRE 321; RSC 66. VF. [I]From the Richard McAlee Collection.[/I] It wasn't my favorite in the auction ([URL='https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-QQL0C/septimius-severus-ad-193-211-ar-denarius-18mm-313-g-12h-alexandria-mint-struck-ad-194']lot 475[/URL] was), but it was the second cheapest, and I think I'll be happy with it. I liked the Alexandria mint Clodius Albinus as well.[/QUOTE]
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