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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2544642, member: 31620&quot;]I don&#039;t often drift off into what are often referred to as Limes denarii but stumbled across this as a bargain basement space filler until I find an equivalent silver version.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus limes Denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX. Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– VOTIS / DECEN / NALI / BVS. Legend in 4 lines, all within wreath</p><p>Copies a coin minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 194</p><p>Reference:– Copies RIC IV 520a</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064sq_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I only one other limes of Septimius Severus and it is also a scarcer type.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus limes denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, laureate head left</p><p>Rev:– IVST-ITIA, Justitia (Justice) seated left with patera &amp; scepter</p><p>Minted in style of Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 199-202</p><p>Reference:– Copies RIC 505. Copies RSC 251 </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064kf_img.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I know that Doug has a couple of examples similar to this second coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It leads me to a question that has bugged me for years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why is it that the limes version of what we currently consider scarce or rare types are so readily available or at least more available then their original counterparts?</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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