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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 3520412, member: 31620&quot;]I have a few speciality sub-collections that probably go way beyond what some would consider looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>Within the COS II series (RIC and BMCRE call this Emesa) for Septimius Severus there are a number of coins that end COS II but have a style that is closer to the IMP II series and these coins all come with a variety of deviations from the standard COS II obverse legend. I am aware of 9 different obverse dies and chase after examples whenever I see them offered. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a gallery of all my examples over on Forvm, which can be seen here:-</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6486" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6486" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6486</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have numbered (quite arbitrarily) the obverse dies as O1 to O9.</p><p><br /></p><p>The following coin is a new one to me and is my 6th examples with my O3 obverse and is a reverse type that I have not seen with the O3 die before. I have the reverse type with my O1, O5 and O7 dies but haven&#039;t any reverse die matches.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also searching for reverse die links to other series as this might at some stage provide some evidence where these peculiar coins fit in with the other series.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus denarius </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP CA L SEP SEV - PER AVG COS II, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– BONA SPES, Spes standing holding flower and lifting skirt</p><p>Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194 – A.D. 195</p><p>Reference:– BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC -</p><p><br /></p><p>1.80g, 16.87mm, 0o </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064uc_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Have I gone beyond obsession yet?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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