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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2999674, member: 36818&quot;]Lovey coin! Part of the charm of these early Eastern issues of Severus is their irregularity. I think the crescent-and-stars type and all the variations are some of the most interesting and intriguing Severan era coins. I have one example, which I acquired from HJB last year:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]741942[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius, Emesa mint, struck 194 CE; 17mm, 3.26g, 7h. cf. BMCRE 390 note (their obv. COS II not II C and rev. SAECVLI FELICIT), cf. RIC 419, cf. RSC 628d. Obv: IMP CAE L • SEP SE - V PERT • AVG II C; head laureate right. Rx: SAECVLI FELICITAS; Crescent and seven stars. From Harlan J. Berk: “Apparently unpublished with this combination of the rare early obverse legend ending II C and the reverse legend SAECVLI FELICITAS fully written out, not abbreviated. A denarius in Budapest, described by BMC-390 note, also has the unabbreviated reverse legend, but combined with an anomalous obverse legend ending CO III. C. Clay has a plaster cast of that Budapest coin and considers it to be an ancient imitation, so of little relevance to our piece.” VF[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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