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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3212781, member: 74834&quot;]Interesting coin. Knowing it is an unknown combination I&#039;m wary of the lettering, that&#039;s flat, shiny and clear, because the letters are different from the coins of <a href="https://www.google.nl/search?q=%22primi+decennales+cos+iii%22&amp;rlz=1C1GGRV_enNL751NL751&amp;tbm=isch&amp;source=iu&amp;ictx=1&amp;fir=tEhD0Zj8sSrfTM%253A%252CDvZwE5cOnZB1eM%252C_&amp;usg=AI4_-kTPM4exmkJKIDWN1xWSj7z0gUcbVA&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiy_uHf-4jeAhURb1AKHUneAZEQ9QEwA3oECAYQCA#imgrc=SSeWJUIJ7LZwvM:" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.nl/search?q=%22primi+decennales+cos+iii%22&amp;rlz=1C1GGRV_enNL751NL751&amp;tbm=isch&amp;source=iu&amp;ictx=1&amp;fir=tEhD0Zj8sSrfTM%253A%252CDvZwE5cOnZB1eM%252C_&amp;usg=AI4_-kTPM4exmkJKIDWN1xWSj7z0gUcbVA&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiy_uHf-4jeAhURb1AKHUneAZEQ9QEwA3oECAYQCA#imgrc=SSeWJUIJ7LZwvM:" rel="nofollow">Marcus Aurelius/ Cos III</a>, but not very different from the <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6396.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6396.html" rel="nofollow">Votis Decennalibus denarius</a> of Septimius Severus I saw on Wildwinds. By the way, the seller doesn&#039;t describe the coin, only says it&#039;s unique.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d want to know how it may have been made, if it was forged. Was the base another sestertius of Septimius Severus, that was engraved with new text, or was it made from combined reproduced dies? (Or is it a contemporary imitation?)</p><p>In that case, does the obverse fit with the reverse? The only text shown on the obverse is &quot;Sept Sev Pe - rt&quot;. This later emperor was born <i>Lucius Septimius Severus </i>145 AD in Leptis Magna, now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Khums" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Khums" rel="nofollow">Al-Khums</a> in Libya. He became emperor on April 14, 193 as successor of Didius Julianus, but presented himself as an admirer of the short-lived emperor Pertinax, a stern general and civil servant of advanced years. He avenged his murder by executing his killers, and even took his name Pertinax as an addition to his own. However, on his coins he only used the name Pertinax (judging from Wildwinds) until 198, whereas his decennalia (tenth year as emperor) were in 202/203.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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