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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2850511, member: 44316&quot;]This coin is pretty similar to a denarius of Emesa:</p><p>IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, head right, laureate</p><p>SAECVLI FELICIT around moon and seven stars.</p><p>Sear II 6361, RIC 418, BMC 390.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]676403[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is clear, but much of the obverse legend is weak. I can match it to the usual</p><p>IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II except for one thing--this one seems to end just &quot;COS&quot; without the &quot;II&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ask [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] and [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER], well-known experts in eastern-mint coins of Septimius Severus, and others to comment. Is this actually different?</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a moon and stars coin, let&#039;s see it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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