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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3084080, member: 19463"]My faith is restored. We did not agree on all. There was a high grade B on eBay a couple years ago for $700. I almost bought it. I wish I had. C is my favorite not because it is a great rarity but because it is a die duplicate of the British Museum coin listed as VICTOR IVST AVG. Museums should know better than to assume they know what is missing. There are other dies that do read AVG but this die is clearly AVS. That does not mean anything to most people but I like the coin more because of it. E is the highest grade and a nice example of the die break on the V of SEV but relatively common. A and all coins with IICOS on the reverse are worth gathering. It is not the best IICOS but it is the legionary. D is the ringer. I tried to sell it through JA in his auction last year and it failed to achieve a bid yielding less than the $82 I paid years ago. I have a better die duplicate so thought it was expendable but both will be mine long term. It is not a coin for someone who wants just one Septimius. None of these are. Also, none of these are in my five favorite Septimius coins. There are just so very, very many. C, A, B, E, D.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3084080, member: 19463"]My faith is restored. We did not agree on all. There was a high grade B on eBay a couple years ago for $700. I almost bought it. I wish I had. C is my favorite not because it is a great rarity but because it is a die duplicate of the British Museum coin listed as VICTOR IVST AVG. Museums should know better than to assume they know what is missing. There are other dies that do read AVG but this die is clearly AVS. That does not mean anything to most people but I like the coin more because of it. E is the highest grade and a nice example of the die break on the V of SEV but relatively common. A and all coins with IICOS on the reverse are worth gathering. It is not the best IICOS but it is the legionary. D is the ringer. I tried to sell it through JA in his auction last year and it failed to achieve a bid yielding less than the $82 I paid years ago. I have a better die duplicate so thought it was expendable but both will be mine long term. It is not a coin for someone who wants just one Septimius. None of these are. Also, none of these are in my five favorite Septimius coins. There are just so very, very many. C, A, B, E, D.[/QUOTE]
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