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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 5165285, member: 91820&quot;]=============================================</p><p><br /></p><p>Curtis - Thank you - I posted the die matches from the early sesterii of Septimius&nbsp; below&nbsp; (I had the wrong RIC number in my earlier comment - it was RIC 657 not 656 - VIRT not VICT - I apologize for the error)- </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the two die linked coins from the acesearch data base - the first one of which is my coin, I have another example of the die as the second below:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2220009" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2220009" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2220009</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6285700" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6285700" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6285700</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I had seen the same die one of the other types of early Septimius sestertii but I just went through the data base and must have been mistaken - this die comes up on other coins but only with RIC 652 and 657.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also - in an article I would love to edit, I posted a worn sestertius of Septimius Severus, Profectio on this site with an inscription that ended &quot;IMP VII&quot; - the last &quot;I&quot; to make it IMP VIII (listed in RIC) is scratched away through either wear or poor cleaning.&nbsp; I just purchased on&nbsp; another Septmius Profectio sesterius on ebay which is a die match to my coin - it is also in poor condition but I hope to be able read the entire obverse inscription. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll post the Geta sestertius here when I receive it - it is heavily smoothed - I think that was why it fit into my budget - Blake[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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