This coin also arrived today and is much more within my collecting focus than the fallen horseman that arrived with it. I posted a thread on a range of my eastern Mars types of Septimius Severus here:- https://www.cointalk.com/threads/septimius-severus-denarius-avg-ii-c-marti-avg.259612/ This new arrival comes from the common COS II issue but has a reverse legend variation that is unlisted in the references that I have access to (RIC, RSC, BMCRE, Reyka Devnia etc.) and this legend isn't in the list I included in the above thread. Septimius Severus Denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SE.V P-ERT AVG COS II, laureate head right Rev:– MARTI VICTOR, Mars advancing right carrying spear and trophy Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194 - 195 Reference(s) – BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC - . (unlisted reverse legend variation) Martin
Like everyone else, I absolutely love that 'Eastern Bronze'!!! Recently, the best I could do to complement my denarius is to add a drachma of Septimius with a Mount Argeus reverse:
Since I'm a member here I've seen so many eastern Severan denarii that I'm starting to develop an interest in this niche. This one looks better than the average.
Trust me, I am not trying to encourage others to drift into this dark corner of collecting. There are a few of us who lurk in these shadows and if it ever becomes popular then I will never be able to purchase another coin of interest.
I can imagine. But one cannot go against the law of unintended consequences. But newcomers into the niche is also a blessing in disguise as it gives you the opportunity to unload some of the specs you grew tired of to new, interested collectors, thus providing mana for future purchases
That already happened to me (almost). I have bought very few since about 2003. Just curious, when did you start collecting them? I thought it would get easier when Barry Murphy stopped and several others that used to compete that no longer do. I was wrong. Below is one of my favorites. Can anyone tell why?
Whenever you ask us to guess why you like a coin I seem to always assume spelling errors so I am going to go with AVC instead of AVG on the obverse?
A fascinating coin that doesn't seem to quite hang together. I have never seen either die and suspect that it is unofficial. By the way I bought my first Eastern Severan back in 2002.
