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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2242096, member: 19463&quot;]Those of us addicted to the Eastern mint denarii of Septimius Severus get happy when we find another we didn&#039;t have and bore he rest by showing them as if they are special.&nbsp; They are special only because there are fewer of each than there are people who care (both are very small numbers).&nbsp; I show this new one mostly for Martin to reply with his similar coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has the least common of the Fortuna reverses used by the mint: Fortuna posing as Pietas with the legend not abbreviated.&nbsp; I have a few of this type but would buy more if the price were right.&nbsp; The same show had a more common Fortuna type in EF+++ (a really nice coin).&nbsp; I should have at least asked the price but that coin belongs in a different collection.&nbsp; This one belongs in mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]442431[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse die is an old friend.&nbsp; I have a few and I will buy them when I see them.&nbsp; Specialists like coins of Emesa with obverse legends that do not end in COS II.&nbsp; This ends in COS.&nbsp;&nbsp; What makes this one special to me is that the die seems to be failing with breaks obscuring some letters at the left.&nbsp; I will be interested to see if Martin has this die with signs of this deterioration.&nbsp; I hope so since it would confirm that the die was falling apart and provide us with an order of use with the various reverses we know with this die.&nbsp; Who cares?&nbsp; We do.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is not a coin for those wanting a denarius of Septimius Severus for a &#039;one per&#039; collection.&nbsp; It belongs where it is.&nbsp; I paid $35 for it which is too much or not enough depending on who you are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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