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Message:: [QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 7942786, member: 91820"]Doug:  I finally got my copy of "Septimius Severus the African Emperor" by Birley -enjoying it very much. Birley is correct about one thing - because of what survived it is difficult to get to really know the man.  I very much liiked Birley's biography of Marcus Aurelius.  Birley's section on Commodus's reign is magnificent.  In any event, thanks for the referral to a book that I should have read and known about years ago ever since, inspired by your articles, I have made the study and collection of the sestertii of the Septimius and his family my focus. In fact, I am quite excited about the purchase today on Spanish ebay of an IMP X sestertius of Septimius with a "SALUTI AVGG" reverse.  It is in abysmal condition but it is quite clearly what it is - and only my fourth "IMP X" sestertius (maybe five - I have a "Pax" sestertius with the entirety of the inscription missing and which I cannot match to any other dies) - despite a diligently search the last few years. Thanks again - Blake P.S. this is it - <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/224628317579" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/224628317579" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/224628317579</a>[/QUOTE]