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<p>[QUOTE="benhur767, post: 4035285, member: 36818"]Here's mine. I bought it because the numbers add a level of historical interest, the price was right, and it's a scarce type. To me it's attractive despite the amount of wear. I don't know the provenance of the numbers but they are old and enigmatic: maybe from a museum, maybe an old collection.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1059728[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 202 CE; 18mm, 3.18g, 12h. BMCRE 381–2, Hill 549 (R), RIC 182, RSC 291. Obv: SEVERVS – PIVS AVG; head laureate r. Rx: LIB AVG III P M – TR P X COS III P P; Liberalitas standing l., holding coin counter and cornucopia. VF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benhur767, post: 4035285, member: 36818"]Here's mine. I bought it because the numbers add a level of historical interest, the price was right, and it's a scarce type. To me it's attractive despite the amount of wear. I don't know the provenance of the numbers but they are old and enigmatic: maybe from a museum, maybe an old collection. [ATTACH=full]1059728[/ATTACH] [B]Septimius Severus.[/B] AR denarius, Rome, 202 CE; 18mm, 3.18g, 12h. BMCRE 381–2, Hill 549 (R), RIC 182, RSC 291. Obv: SEVERVS – PIVS AVG; head laureate r. Rx: LIB AVG III P M – TR P X COS III P P; Liberalitas standing l., holding coin counter and cornucopia. VF.[/QUOTE]
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