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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dadams, post: 2538102, member: 82194&quot;]500!! Wow! I did read up a bit about the &quot;Severan dynasty&quot; and have been listening to the podcast series <i>The History of Rome</i> by Mike Duncan, which I highly recommend.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll admit I have been looking at a lot of coins, both here and at dealers sites and I chose this one based on a couple factors, but primarily on the eye appeal - at least to me anyway.&nbsp; I&#039;m coming from US Type set collecting and I&#039;ve learned something about eye appeal over the last few years, but of course Ancient eye appeal is very different.&nbsp; I&#039;m not too much liking a majority of the off center coins I&#039;ve viewed, nor have I cared for many coins that even after looking at them for a couple minutes I have to stop and ask myself &quot;what the heck is that?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I have decided that for &quot;Domna and boys&quot; I&#039;ll need denarii, but I&#039;d be open to all denominations - I do promise not to rush.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>History - I think this is why I&#039;m here.&nbsp; It was/is damn cool to hold a little coin that&#039;s 1809 years old.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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