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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2897092, member: 85693&quot;]My first ancient was a Septimius Severus denarius I found at a local dealer&#039;s for $35 in 1987.&nbsp; It has the MARS PATER reverse, which I really do not see very often compared to the other Mars types of Severus. Thirty years later it is still one of my favorites...I like the portrait in particular.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]697054[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]697055[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus Denarius</b></p><p><b>(194-195 A.D.) L SEPT SEV PERT AVG&nbsp; IMP IIII, laureate head right</b></p><p><b>/ MARS PATER, Mars&nbsp; walking right, holding spear, trophy over left shoulder. RIC 46, RSC 311, BMC 84</b> </p><p><br /></p><p>Although not an ancient, but I hope keeping in the spirit of the post, around the same time (1987) I got my first foreign crown, Great Britain 1896 crown of Queen Victoria.&nbsp; It is in terrible shape, but at the time I&#039;d never seen one and I couldn&#039;t believe how beautiful it was.&nbsp; It cost $12...those were the days.&nbsp; World crowns &quot;distracted&quot; me from ancients over the years, although I find CT is keeping me more focused on the ancients for now (thank you all).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]697064[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]697065[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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