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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 7319602, member: 31620&quot;]The first of these two really is nothing much to write home about but I don&#039;t have many strike errors from this mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SE.V PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– BONA SPES, Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting skirt</p><p>Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194-195</p><p>Reference:– BMCRE 340. RIC 364 (S). RSC 55b</p><p><br /></p><p>Double struck reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>2.93 g. 18.00 mm. 0 degrees </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279293[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The second is more important to me. I am always on the look out for the odd sub-series from the old eastern IMP VIII issue where the obverse legend is &quot;L SEPT SEVER PERT AVG IMP VIII&quot; rather than the standard &quot;L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII&quot;. The Spes type with the standard legend is RIC 472 but I hadn&#039;t seen one with the longer legend before.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEVER P-ERT AVG IMP VIII, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– BONA SPES, Spes standing holding flower and lifting skirt</p><p>Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 195</p><p>Reference(s) – C -. BMCRE -. RIC - (cf RIC 472 wihich is the standard IMP VII legend). RSC -.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.33 g. 18.27 mm. 0 degrees </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279296[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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