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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4673561, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m with gsimonel on this matter. Septimius had a lot to celebrate that year.&nbsp; I see no reason that game would have to have been single purpose.&nbsp; The Emperor was in town, victorious, and about to set out on a measure to punish those evil Parthians.&nbsp; He was solidly in charge with an heir and a spare.&nbsp; All was good; trot out the elephants.</p><p><br /></p><p>That particular type was produced at what I would call a low point of Rome mint quality.&nbsp; Many of these have small and irregular flans.&nbsp; Yours is very nice.&nbsp; As noted in your photo label, the coins were made in both IMP VIII and IMP VIIII versions.&nbsp; Traditionally these are assigned (VIII) to the fall of Byzantium which had supported Pescennius Niger and not surrendered following his death and (VIIII) the defeat of Albinus shortly thereafter.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if recent revisionists have changed any of this. </p><p>8</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151590[/ATTACH] </p><p>9[ATTACH=full]1151591[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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