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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gogili1977, post: 2932003, member: 86398&quot;]This year I mainly collect high grade denarii. In the past years I&#039;ve collected enough lower grade denarii, so I wish to have some higher grade coins both for comparison and as collection milestones. My Top 10 for 2017 are:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). AR denarius (3.8 g). Emesa, AD 194.</p><p>Ob. IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, laureate head of Severus right</p><p>Rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Severus on horseback left holding scepter.</p><p>RIC 415.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]712206[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]712207[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Julia Domna, AD 193-217. AR Denarius, Laodicea ad Mare, 196-202.</p><p>Ob. IVLIA AVGVSTA Draped bust of Julia Domna to right.</p><p>Rev. CONCORDIA Concordia seated left, holding patera in her right hand and double cornucopiae in her left.. RIC 637.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]712208[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]712209[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>3. Caracalla, 198-217. AR Denarius, Rome, 209.</p><p>Ob. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right. Rev. PONTIF TR P XII COS III Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera in her right hand and double cornucopiae in her left. RIC 111.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]712210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]712211[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>4. Caracalla, 198-217, AR Denarius, Rome, AD 215-217;</p><p>Ob. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head r.,</p><p>Rev. VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing l., holding Victory and sceptre, leaning on shield. RIC 311b.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]712212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]712213[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>5. Caracalla, 198-217, ARDenarius, Rome, 199-201.</p><p>Ob. ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev. SEVERI PII AVG FIL Caracalla, in military dress, standing left, holding Victory in his right and spear with his left; to left at his feet, captive. RIC 45.</p><p>eptre, leaning on shield. RIC 311b.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]712214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]712215[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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