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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3950893, member: 84744&quot;]I regret not being able to post my appreciation for this wonderful list until tonight.&nbsp; Doug, it won&#039;t surprise you that my favourite is the Domna.&nbsp; I will miss that delightful booty and the elegant portrait (which your photo shows very well), but I&#039;m very pleased to know the coin has found its rightful place.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t have given it up for anyone but you, you know that, right? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also glad the Emesa double dot made your list!&nbsp; Otherwise my favourites are the ex X6 overstrike, the Antialkidas, and the Niger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone will probably be interested to see what I got in return for that trade this month.&nbsp; Nobody needs to feel sorry for me, that&#039;s for sure.&nbsp; I now have two things that I&#039;ve been after for quite some time.&nbsp; The first is something that Doug introduced me to, via this very coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1041036[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is of course a Severus Alexander Alexandrian tetradrachm, but the neat thing about it is that it was minted in Rome.&nbsp; Obviously something I needed!&nbsp; And this is a beautiful example.&nbsp; The photo doesn&#039;t do it justice (I&#039;ll have to redo it).</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is something I&#039;ve been after for much longer.&nbsp; They don&#039;t come up that often, and although I&#039;ve taken a swing at a few, they were always misses.&nbsp; Fortuna must have been smiling down on me, because now I get to have one with a Doug Smith provenance and a perfectly centred reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1041037[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">T. Didius (113-112 BCE) AR denarius, Rome. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, Roma monogram to left, mark of value below. Rev: Two gladiators fighting, each holding shield, one attacks with flail, the other with staff or sword. Crawford 294/1.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>The bit of obverse porosity doesn&#039;t bother me, because it&#039;s the reverse I care about: what an action shot!&nbsp; The composition and especially the depiction of the gladiator on the right are really special IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, we both ended up very happy with the trade.&nbsp; Thanks Doug, and congrats on a great year!&nbsp; I&#039;m glad I could help make it better. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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