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<p>[QUOTE="Joseph Sarkissian, post: 2460837, member: 78162"]Happy 4th everyone. </p><p>This what seems to be a copper coin, 30 mm, 14.31 g, of Septimius Severus, I had looked for a while online, but never found any examples until I finally saw a version on wildwinds with an eagle over the altar. My[ATTACH=full]515818[/ATTACH] version is absent on that site. On another site I found only one without the eagle, thus described: PONTUS, Amasia. Septimius Severus, 193-211. 209/10. [AV K Λ CЄΠT] CЄOVHPOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from behind. Rev. AΔP CЄV [ANT AMACIAC MHT NЄ ΠP ΠON] / ЄT KH ? Burning altar of two levels; to left, tree. Dalaison 291. SNG von Aulock</p><p>The year of mint below the altar is CT ? H (some help and resource needed to identify these, along with a rationale. For example, if these are Greek letters, obviously the "H" would be the 7th letter in the Greek alphabet - rather than the eighth if it were the latin H.) </p><p>Anyone know the actual SNGvA number of this version??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joseph Sarkissian, post: 2460837, member: 78162"]Happy 4th everyone. This what seems to be a copper coin, 30 mm, 14.31 g, of Septimius Severus, I had looked for a while online, but never found any examples until I finally saw a version on wildwinds with an eagle over the altar. My[ATTACH=full]515818[/ATTACH] version is absent on that site. On another site I found only one without the eagle, thus described: PONTUS, Amasia. Septimius Severus, 193-211. 209/10. [AV K Λ CЄΠT] CЄOVHPOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from behind. Rev. AΔP CЄV [ANT AMACIAC MHT NЄ ΠP ΠON] / ЄT KH ? Burning altar of two levels; to left, tree. Dalaison 291. SNG von Aulock The year of mint below the altar is CT ? H (some help and resource needed to identify these, along with a rationale. For example, if these are Greek letters, obviously the "H" would be the 7th letter in the Greek alphabet - rather than the eighth if it were the latin H.) Anyone know the actual SNGvA number of this version??[/QUOTE]
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