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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2268022, member: 19463&quot;]The specialty of mine that contains the most coins is Eastern mint Septimius Severus.&nbsp; A good question is which of them was first issued. The first obverse type ending AVG from Emesa is often found with one obverse die which may be the first used at this mint in later 193 AD.&nbsp; I havemore than one coin of this die so have to select the one that shows the least die wear or, in other words, guess.&nbsp; I&#039;ll show this one which copies a reverse of Pescennius Niger and suggest it may be (maybe) my oldest Eastern Severus denarius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]451406[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>or the one showing his use of the Pescennius name IVST?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]451409[/ATTACH]</p><p>...or were all reverses with that die made at the same time sharing the one obverse die they had that day?&nbsp;&nbsp; What is the first?&nbsp; Good question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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