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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 8083984, member: 31620&quot;]How about a pair of coins from a single obverse die that I suspect no more than a handful of people would care enough about to give them a home.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the earlier Eastern COS II series of Septimius Severus are a range of slightly unusual obverse legends with legends ending in AVG II C, AVG CO, AVG II CO etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Examples of some of these are found in the standard references mixed in with the standard COS II coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Curtis Clay obtained an example of an undocumented obverse legend &quot;IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG II COS&quot; from the Kelly Collection, with the additionally unusual reverse legend on &quot;FORTVNAE REDVCI II COS&quot;. All coins with the reverse legend containing &quot;II COS&quot; are scarce through to rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was struggling to attribute the following coin and Curtis asked me to send him a plaster cast of it tol allow him to compare it to other examples in his collection of coins and plaster casts.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ib_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>He was able to confirm it as an obverse die match to his II COS obverse coin thus making it:-</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG II COS, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– BONAE SPEI II COS, Spes standing holding flower and lifting skirt</p><p>Minted in Emesa, 194 - 195 A.D.</p><p>References:– RIC -. RSC -. BMC -.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.53g, 20.31mm, 0o</p><p><br /></p><p>A few months later I foind the following coin:-</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064qo_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This time a double die match with Curtis&#039; example</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG II COS, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– FORTVNAE REDVCI II COS, Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopia</p><p>Minted in Emesa, 194 - 195 A.D.</p><p>References:– RIC -. RSC -. BMC -.</p><p><br /></p><p>In summary. There appear to be only three examples known with this obverse legend. One in the Curtis Clay collection and two in mine....</p><p><br /></p><p>Either coin would probably qualify for this thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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