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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 6793894, member: 36818&quot;]I purchased a coin from a German auction house in November. It was shipped to the USA in a package that was postmarked on December 12th:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272082[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On March 12th I finally received it! I was sure that it had been lost in the mail. Here it is in all its glory:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272081[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 207 CE; 3.08g, 19mm, 6h. BMCRE 531–2, Hill 913 (R), RIC 207, RSC 493. Obv: SEVERVS – PIVS AVG; head laureate right. Rev: P M TR P XV – COS III P P; Africa, wearing elephant-skin headdress, standing half-right, holding out fold of drapery upon which fruit are displayed, lion at her feet standing r., head front.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post anything you feel is appropriate: coins of Septimius Severus, coins showing Africa, or coins you thought were lost in the mail but that eventually showed up![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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