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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4000899, member: 98035&quot;]Recent win from Savoca London; not in hand yet but had to share!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053321[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>IMP C AEL SEP SEV PERT AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>VIRT AVG TR P COS, Virtus standing left, holding victory and spear</p><p>RIC 24</p><p>Struck 193</p><p><br /></p><p>Although this type is not particularly rare, it stood out immediately to me for having a very special bust that looks like a certain other emperor who shared the year 193 AD with a few other emperors...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053328[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare against the same type with a more &quot;standard&quot; severus bust...</p><p>(Not mine)</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2008615" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2008615" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2008615</a></p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/45/2029/2008615.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Given how quickly the mint was able to switch to the &quot;right&quot; Severus portrait, I think it is probably safe to say that:</p><p>1) Severus, being a wealthy general in early 193, probably already had several busts at his estate in Rome, which were given to the mint to make dies from</p><p>2) This coin very probably was made in June, July, or August 193 using a Didius Julianus portrait that was modified to remove the point from his beard and reduce the size of his nose somewhat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either way, it will be nice to have more than two emperors for my page for &quot;The Year of Five Emperors&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Post thoughts, insights, or anything related![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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