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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7920848, member: 19463&quot;]28.&nbsp; Septimius Severus is said to have selected his wife Julia Domna because her horoscope said she would marry a king.&nbsp; This makes the crescent and stars type of &#039;Emesa&#039; doubly interesting.&nbsp; There are two legends available.&nbsp; Rare and represented in my collection by a poor specimen is AETERNITAS AVS coupled with a COS <font size="1">ii</font> obverse die.&nbsp; There is a high grade example of this reverse coupled with a left facing obverse but I was too stupid and did not buy it when I had a chance years ago.&nbsp; I have no idea where it is now or what it would bring today.&nbsp; There is also a very nice die duplicate of my coin that has sold several time in the last two decades.&nbsp; I hope it finds a good home where it is not just an investment bauble. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368423[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Much more common (only scarce?) is the standard SAECVL FELICIT.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368424[/ATTACH] </p><p>Look carefully between the center and bottom stars.&nbsp; That thick spot is the central compass point used when laying out the die. Now look at the coin below.&nbsp; On this die that layout dot was not erased by a star.&nbsp; Some people make the error of thinking this is another and catalogable feature.&nbsp; Layout dots are part of every die and never cataloged but 99% are erased by something dead center in the design.&nbsp; This type has nothing in the center so the dot remains on some dies.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368427[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The type does come for Julia.&nbsp; If you look closely, you might see the central dot crowded into the central star at 5 o&#039;clock. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368430[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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