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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4809194, member: 19463&quot;]I did not bid on lot 475 because it is a coin that requires die matching to identify.&nbsp; That basic type comes with two reverse legends.&nbsp; CNG quoted the one ending in COS but there are also coins ending in COSII.&nbsp; I have not done the die research to see if they were right.&nbsp; Both of my coins are real stinkers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I type too slow so all I have left to do is show the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>COSII</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167039[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>COS</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167040[/ATTACH] </p><p>This last one was one of my two Alexandria coins Roger Bickford-Smith offered to buy for $250 each in 1989.&nbsp; He repeated more than once that offer but eventually gave up and asked that I tell my daughter she should remember him should I pass.&nbsp; This type is easier to find today and this thread has shown several including the ones with clear COS but no II which is why Roger wanted my coin.&nbsp; I believe I am correct in the ones with COS II were made earlier than the COS coins which use the later style portrait if Roger&#039;s separations were correct.&nbsp; For what it is worth, the dating devices on this coin are meaningless.&nbsp; The type, including legends, was copied from the coin below of Lucius Verus.&nbsp; The Alexandria mint closed before 196 when&nbsp; Septimius would have been TRP IIII and, if it were open then, the IMP number would have been higher than II. Yes, as a matter of fact, that is why I bought that Lucius Verus coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167041[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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