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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7925241, member: 19463&quot;]30. For day thirty, I wanted to review another Legionary that is special to me but, as usual, I have trouble selecting one over another.&nbsp; Should I go for the mint I like, the rare one or the own that I consider the best style?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For style, I have always liked this LEG VIII AVG of Rome. In addition to a great portrait for this early period, the eagle even shows some feathers on the body.&nbsp; I would like to see a more bold strike from these dies. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369370[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite mint, Alexandria, did not strike for Legion Eight but it was the first one honored at &#039;Emesa&#039; and uses the &#039;first legend&#039; IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG just as did the Rome mint.&nbsp; The coin is fine early &#039;Emesa&#039; style but not as pleasing to me as the first, Rome, coin in my opinion.&nbsp; This die is known with other reverses from this first group.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1369373[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally is the rare version like the last but with IICOS added to the reverse.&nbsp; This seems a bit odd since the legionary coins all had TRP COS in exergue making this a bit redundant.&nbsp; The coin does have eagle body feathers but loses a lot of desirability due to the small, oval flan that loses much legend.&nbsp; I also find interest in the fact that the standards on the coins for this same legion do not match.&nbsp; Someday, perhaps, someone will make a study of these standards. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369374[/ATTACH] </p><p>It seems a shame not to finish the month with a really spectacular coin but most of my best fell earlier in the month.&nbsp; I did not expect this thread to survive to the 30th. These days I am wrong more than I am right. So far, I have not added a coin of Septimius in 2021.&nbsp; I see no likelihood that will change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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