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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1420374, member: 8959&quot;]I have recently been nurturing an interest in legionary coinage, including that issued by Septimius Severus, and was able to find these 3 over the last few months.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my search for information I found this site immensely useful and interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/legion4.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/legion4.html" rel="nofollow">http://dougsmith.ancients.info/legion4.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(You will recognize the author).</p><p><br /></p><p>These 3 examples have somewhat blurry inscriptions, both obverse and reverse, but I think I have attributed them correctly as being issued for the following legions: Gemmina, Italica, and Augusta.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Gemmina, stationed at Carnumtum, was the legion personally commanded by Septimius Severus and is the one most commonly found. Italica and Augusta are somewhat less common.</p><p><br /></p><p>A very interesting and historic series of coinage issued for the legions who supported Septimius Severus. </p><p><br /></p><p>Eduard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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