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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4605510, member: 19463&quot;]This thread has turned into the best showing of Alexandrians I recall.&nbsp; The Emmitt books is great but has rather few photos.&nbsp; The crowd here between us all could make a decent sampling of the available coins - perhaps a tenth of one percent of the types???&nbsp; That makes me want to repeat here my Severus/Domna coins for reference of those who happen across this thread in the future.</p><p>Septimius Severus year 2 Dikaiosyne</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140827[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus year 4 eagle[ATTACH=full]1140828[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus year 5 Serapis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140829[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus year 9 eagle</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140830[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna year 2 Nike in quadriga</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140832[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus year 4 Dikaiosyne&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1140835[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus year 20 Caracalla and Geta[ATTACH=full]1140836[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The last is interesting to me as illustration of how few coins were made in that period.&nbsp; It is an obverse die link to a coin dated year 18.&nbsp; The die was replaced later in year 20 with one bearing the new style portrait like the coins of thr Rome mint under Caracalla.&nbsp; I doubt the die was worn out but just outdated in style.&nbsp; I &#039;need&#039; a coin of this die struck before year 20 and a new portrait die from year 20 but neither are really likely to turn up unless my luck improves greatly. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a warning:&nbsp; CNG sold a coin not long ago that confirmed my suspicions that my Domna year 4 was a cast fake of the coin shown in the Dattari/Savio plates rather than the coin itself. Mine is on black below; the real one is on white.&nbsp; The seller died a while back so I can not return it (but probably would not anyway - I like the story).</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=365491" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=365491" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=365491</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140833[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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