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<p>[QUOTE="benhur767, post: 3032000, member: 36818"]Thanks, maridvnum. Yes, I am not knowledgeable enough by myself to have known the rarity of this variety without it being pointed out to me. It comes from Harlan J. Berk and based on their description (which I'm pretty sure was written by Curtis Clay), I jumped on it. I'm very interested in the Emesene coins of Severus and Domna, and I have to credit both you and Doug Smith for helping to fuel it. Images and information on Doug's website, and his and your posts in this forum are largely to blame. Anyway, I'm working on this as a subspecialty of my own, but I am really just beginning and admire the vast scope of yours and Doug's collection. I'm waiting for the two of you to collaborate on a reference work. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Based on some of your previous posts, I understand that you keep track of dies and have thorough records of the Severan Emesa mint issues beyond those in your own collection. Here is the full description, as I have it, which I should have posted with the image. The photo is my own, and you are welcome to use it if you'd like:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius, Emesa mint, struck 194 CE; 17mm, 3.26g, 7h. cf. BMCRE 390 note (their obv. COS II not II C and rev. SAECVLI FELICIT), cf. RIC 419, cf. RSC 628d. Obv: IMP CAE L • SEP SE - V PERT • AVG II C; head laureate right. Rx: SAECVLI FELICITAS; Crescent and seven stars. From Harlan J. Berk: “Apparently unpublished with this combination of the rare early obverse legend ending II C and the reverse legend SAECVLI FELICITAS fully written out, not abbreviated. A denarius in Budapest, described by BMC-390 note, also has the unabbreviated reverse legend, but combined with an anomalous obverse legend ending CO III. C. Clay has a plaster cast of that Budapest coin and considers it to be an ancient imitation, so of little relevance to our piece.” VF</p><p><br /></p><p>ex Berk BBS 202, 12 October 2017, lot 204[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benhur767, post: 3032000, member: 36818"]Thanks, maridvnum. Yes, I am not knowledgeable enough by myself to have known the rarity of this variety without it being pointed out to me. It comes from Harlan J. Berk and based on their description (which I'm pretty sure was written by Curtis Clay), I jumped on it. I'm very interested in the Emesene coins of Severus and Domna, and I have to credit both you and Doug Smith for helping to fuel it. Images and information on Doug's website, and his and your posts in this forum are largely to blame. Anyway, I'm working on this as a subspecialty of my own, but I am really just beginning and admire the vast scope of yours and Doug's collection. I'm waiting for the two of you to collaborate on a reference work. :) Based on some of your previous posts, I understand that you keep track of dies and have thorough records of the Severan Emesa mint issues beyond those in your own collection. Here is the full description, as I have it, which I should have posted with the image. The photo is my own, and you are welcome to use it if you'd like: [B]Septimius Severus.[/B] AR denarius, Emesa mint, struck 194 CE; 17mm, 3.26g, 7h. cf. BMCRE 390 note (their obv. COS II not II C and rev. SAECVLI FELICIT), cf. RIC 419, cf. RSC 628d. Obv: IMP CAE L • SEP SE - V PERT • AVG II C; head laureate right. Rx: SAECVLI FELICITAS; Crescent and seven stars. From Harlan J. Berk: “Apparently unpublished with this combination of the rare early obverse legend ending II C and the reverse legend SAECVLI FELICITAS fully written out, not abbreviated. A denarius in Budapest, described by BMC-390 note, also has the unabbreviated reverse legend, but combined with an anomalous obverse legend ending CO III. C. Clay has a plaster cast of that Budapest coin and considers it to be an ancient imitation, so of little relevance to our piece.” VF ex Berk BBS 202, 12 October 2017, lot 204[/QUOTE]
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