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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2443533, member: 19463&quot;]My show Saturday provided me with two new Septimius denarii and one Domna.&nbsp; Ladies first:</p><p>Julia Domna Emesa Venus from rear.&nbsp; I pick these up whenever I see one of dies I don&#039;t have at a fair price.&nbsp; As Emesa Venus coins go, this is not a bad one.&nbsp; The reverse die is a bit odd in that there is a small gap between the the right side cloth tail and the end of the palm which it should go over.&nbsp; What kind of fool would care about that???&nbsp; Correct!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]509578[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier in the year I sold a Laodicea mint Septimius through JA&#039;s sales (to another member).&nbsp; Saturday I replaced it with a similar coin is higher grade and costing 5x as much.&nbsp; That does not sound like me ordinarily.&nbsp; The obverse die is starting to deteriorate but the reverse is decent even retaining a bit of the layout circle under the BO.&nbsp; This is a common type and is even listed in RIC as #444.&nbsp; The obverse legend has the PE-RTE variation.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ll not get as much enjoyment out of this coin as I will the other two but I need a few higher grade coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509576[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The cheapest coin I bought at this particular show may be unique (post&#039;em if you got&#039;em).&nbsp; It is a barbarous Septimius with obverse legend L SEVLRS AVGVSTV wich is not directly copied from a know regular mint coin.&nbsp; The reverse shows two captives seated at the base of a trophy of arms with legend reading PART MAX PM TRP VIIII.&nbsp; Need I mention that the legend is entirely retrograde?&nbsp; In addition the V of VIIII is upside down.&nbsp; The coin is as good silver as the regular coins of the period and not all that badly done.&nbsp; I have barbarous Severus fourrees but also have quite a few struck in reasonable metal suggesting they were for circulation where regular product was not available.&nbsp; We will probably never know details about them. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509577[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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