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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 2944372, member: 75641&quot;]Hello All, and Merry Christmas to everyone, or just a happy Sunday either way. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this denarius from Heritage last week.&nbsp; It was labeled as RIC 425-unlisted variety.&nbsp; But after receiving it on Friday, I looked at the coin more and more and realized that I do not think that it is an issue of Emesa at all but of Laodicea ad Mare.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the beginning of the legend is bad but there is enough there to make me think that this is RIC 485.&nbsp; I think that the end of the legend reads IMP VIII versus any sort of IMP III PP (which I do not see listed as a legend type anywhere), but P&#039;s and R&#039;s are kind of flat from Laodicea so who knows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a link to the Heritage site listing:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-septimius-severus-ad-193-211-ar-denarius-364-gm-about-vf/a/231750-62112.s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-septimius-severus-ad-193-211-ar-denarius-364-gm-about-vf/a/231750-62112.s" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-septimius-severus-ad-193-211-ar-denarius-364-gm-about-vf/a/231750-62112.s</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]717591[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus, Denarius, VICTOR AVG</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>Augustus: 193 - 211AD</p><p>Issued: 196 - 197AD</p><p>19.0 x 18.5mm 3.64gr</p><p>O: [L SEPT SE]V PERT AVG IMP VIII; Laureate head, right.</p><p>R: VICTO-R AVG; Victory advancing left, wreath in right hand, palm in left.</p><p>Laodicea ad Mare Mint</p><p>About VF</p><p>A note about attribution: Heritage described this lot as cf. RIC 425-unlisted variety. SEP-T AVG IMP III PP as the obverse legend as an issue of the Emesa Mint. After studying the coin in hand, I do not think that that is correct. It appears that the legend itself on the obverse seems to not have PP at the end and as far as I can tell that legend of SEP-T AVG IMP III PP does not exist. The lettering is crude (and the coin is also worn) and P&#039;s and R&#039;s (admittedly) on this coin barely differentiate themselves from I&#039;s. See the &quot;R&quot; on the reverse in VICTOR. But, given the lack of existence of SEP-T AVG IMP III, and based on what I can make out of the remainder of the legend&#039;s beginning, I think the most likely candidate for the obverse legend is L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, which places this issue at Laodicea ad Mare and is well known as RSC 485.</p><p>RIC 485; RSC 699; BMC W450.</p><p>Aorta: 659: B3, O57, R343, T216, M3.</p><p>Heritage Auctions Auction # 231750, Lot 62112.</p><p>12/14/17 12/24/17</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that the legend is not the most legible, but if anyone would care to offer their opinion, that would be fantastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Nick[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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