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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8218735, member: 85693&quot;]So when you say &quot;all their detail,&quot; you do <i>not</i> mean....this!&nbsp; A $5 Julia Domna sestertius from eBay!&nbsp; Such a lovely green, with weird &quot;alligator patina.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>But seriously, it is indeed a horror show.&nbsp; But, I did spend a couple hours trying to figure it out, which was well worth the five bucks.&nbsp; And, if I have my attribution right, this is a fairly scarce issue, not that its condition makes it particularly collectible.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is my attribution efforts, with two possible die matches, based on my very, very inexpert evaluation of Julia Domna&#039;s &quot;needle-nose&quot; portraits and my hard-to-see specimen.&nbsp; I might&#039;ve had less to go on than the [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] OP:&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1443000[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Julia Domna&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(196-211 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IVL]IA (faint) [AVGVSTA], draped bust right, hair waved and coiled at back / [DIANA LVCIFERA] S C, Diana standing left, crescent on neck, holding torch in both hands </p><p>RIC IV Septimius Severus 851.</p><p>(13.78 grams / 26 x 25 mm)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2022&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Dad-IU $5.00</p><p><b>Attribution Notes:&nbsp; </b>Found only four of these, three on OCRE: </p><p><b>British</b> <b>Museum BM-69CCF8:</b>&nbsp; obv. /rev.die match? (note the needle-nose portrait); 23.8 g.</p><p><b>Artemide - Asta Auction 29E: </b>Lot # 279 (03/21/15) obv. die match? (needle-nose like BM)</p><p><b>PAS:</b>&nbsp; Corroded, light-weight specimen (11 grams / 28 mm)</p><p><b>University of Freiburg O2989: </b>Nice; (26.01 grams / 31 mm) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here are my needle-nose die matches, or maybe not: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442999[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>British Museum in the middle:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1993-0401-63" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1993-0401-63" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1993-0401-63</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Artemide Asta auction on right:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.deamoneta.com/en/auctions/view/302/279" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.deamoneta.com/en/auctions/view/302/279" rel="nofollow">https://www.deamoneta.com/en/auctions/view/302/279</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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