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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2843947, member: 19463&quot;]It is hard to select coins to show from this group where I participate heavily.&nbsp; I limit these to things bought in the last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the most resent Robinson sale is a Parion 3/4 drachm which is struck better than many of these offered at a low price but has centering that clips the tongue keeping it from being a coin I really like.&nbsp; There are many of these on the market now so you can pick the one that fits your price range.&nbsp; Perfect ones are not cheap; really cheap ones are so mushy they are hard to see.&nbsp; $38</p><p>[ATTACH=full]673556[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A Gallienus Provincial AE28 from Tyre shows Diomedes and a clear murex shell, source of the highly valued Tyrian purple dye.&nbsp; Under Gallienus, Tyre produced several reverse types that were different in theme from those used by other cities and worth keeping an eye out for when coin shopping.&nbsp; 2017 Richmond VA coin show $30</p><p>[ATTACH=full]673557[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I try not to bore everyone with Eastern mint Septimius Severus denarii but I don&#039;t try too hard.&nbsp; This was $40 at a Fredericksburg VA show in 2016.&nbsp; I most certainly do have enough Fortuna reverse &#039;Emesa&#039; mint (COS dated) denarii but this one stood out to me because the style reminded me more of the IMP dated &#039;Laodicea&#039; coins than of the typical COS dated &#039;Emesa&#039; issues.&nbsp; I believe someday in the distant future, someone with enough resources to do a proper study will demonstrate links between the two mints and come up with a reasonable explanation for things I see and questions I can not answer.&nbsp; I hope I am still around when this is published and I hope my eyes and mind will be able to appreciate the answer.&nbsp; I do not see it happening.&nbsp; There are many Eastern Septimius denarii on the market at any given moment.&nbsp; They vary in price and come in common reverses like this and many more scarce and popular.&nbsp; I would have paid more had the coin been a reverse I lacked and left behind a coin with only slightly different characteristics.&nbsp; When you get to the point in a specialty that you have &#039;enough&#039; you start looking for coins that strike you as &#039;different&#039; or &#039;interesting&#039; in some little way.&nbsp; The style of this coin (especially the lettering) caused me to invite it into my collection.&nbsp; Will it turn out to be significant when the book is written?&nbsp; Will I ever know?&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]673558[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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