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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7898581, member: 19463&quot;]21.&nbsp; Minerva and her friends also named Minerva:</p><p>The original idea of this 30 days has Septimius thread appealed to me and I posted on coin a day for a while but lately I have seen connections that made me want to show &#039;back-up&#039; coins.&nbsp; Septimius is my &#039;thing&#039;.&nbsp; I have collected his coins for quite a while and have shown on the first two days coins I have had since I was in high school.&nbsp; Today my post shows one of my favorite goddesses in several variations.&nbsp; Minerva is not one of the most common types for Septimius Severus coins but she exists in considerable variation from the &#039;Emesa&#039; mint and as a token type from Rome and Alexandria.&nbsp; Wake up &#039;Laodicea&#039; where is your Minerva?&nbsp; Maybe I have just missed it.&nbsp; If so, I expect maridvnum to have one and correct my error.&nbsp; That, after all, is what we are here for: education.&nbsp; Some may note that I am not particularly interested in spoon feeding text book identifications complete with catalog numbers.&nbsp; Those who want numbers can look them up themselves; I have them recorded in my database but I have not memorized which ones are in which book in every case.&nbsp; I am an amateur.&nbsp; We will start with denarii from &#039;Emesa&#039; and one has been selected to be my official post for day 21.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; I like the coin but it is not my favorite Minerva coin.&nbsp; Those who have read my posts over the last decade could know which one that is.&nbsp; Having driven off those who want short posts, we begin:</p><p>Septimius Severus, &#039;Emesa&#039;, MINERVI&nbsp;&nbsp; CTRIC - Minerva standing left with spear and shield </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364074[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Back-ups from &#039;Emesa&#039;:</p><p>COSI - PEPT - brandishing short spear&nbsp; MINFP VICT</p><p>This coin shares the obverse die of my #1.&nbsp; So do quite a few other reverses.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364070[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>wrist on hip - no shield - VINER&nbsp; VICT..</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364071[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>holding small Victory</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364073[/ATTACH] </p><p>holding owl [ATTACH=full]1364075[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>MINERVI&nbsp; CTRI<b>S</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364076[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From Rome:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364078[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From Alexandria:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364079[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Two representatives from the Provincials (there are others but these fill out the ten allowed for this post)</p><p>Callatis, Moesia, 4 assaria (AE26) - holding owl</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364080[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Silandris, Lydia, AE24 - holding owl ( I like owls)</p><p>I made a mistake sorting and accidentally sold this one when I meant to be selling another coin.&nbsp; One of you benefitted from my stupidity.&nbsp; I do not know its current location.&nbsp; I have seen a half dozen others but never replaced it.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364081[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I like Minerva.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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