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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7977482, member: 80952&quot;]I have just one coin with confronted bust, but seeing it made me want it. </p><p>This is one of my favorite coins. It was a case of &quot;oh boy I want this coin and I want it now!&quot;. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384535[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Moesia Inferior. Marcianopolis. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna AD 193-211.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pentassarion Æ</p><p><br /></p><p>28 mm, 11,42 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Moesia, Marcianopolis.</p><p>Flavius Ulpianus, legatus consularis. Struck AD 210-211. Æ Pentassarion .</p><p>AV K Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus and draped bust of Julia Domna facing one another / ΥΦΛ ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Є (mark of value) to left. H&amp;J, Marcianopolis 6.15.35.4; AMNG I 601; Varbanov 868; Moushmov 411.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting coin with jugate busts </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384536[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3.46 g&nbsp; 17.69 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily, Katane, late 3rd century BC. Æ . Jugate busts of Serapis and Isis; grain-ear behind. R/ Apollo standing slightly l., leaning on column, holding laurel branch and bow; quiver and omphalos at feet. CNS III, 22; SNG ANS -; HGC 2, 609.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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