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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 7879596, member: 31620&quot;]Those are two fantastically interesting coins Doug. </p><p><br /></p><p>Following on from your crossed cornucopiae I can only echo your statement that &quot;All Eastern Severans are strange; some are just stranger than others.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IM-P CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS I, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– FELICITAS TIMPO (sic), two grain ears between crossed cornucopiae.</p><p>Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194-195</p><p>Reference:- Cohen -. BMCRE -, RIC IV -, RSC -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1358585[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here the obverse legend starts under the bust, which is relatively unusual in itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have it attributed as a COS I and this starting legend positioning is something I have seen on a few coins from this issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is the reverse that makes this one stranger. The engraver of the legends was not the most skilled. The F is poorly executed. The E looks as though he simply didn&#039;t complete the middle bar. The L has issues too but might be clogged out on the bottom bar. There is an I for an E and a missing R in TEMPOR.</p><p><br /></p><p>The killer detail on this one that I haven&#039;t seen another example of is the double grain ears.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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