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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1317687, member: 19463&quot;]<b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]149152.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus 193-211 AD</p><p>Him: </p><p>Became emperor the old fashioned way - he killed people</p><p>Ruled effectively for 18 years</p><p>Founded dynasty of interesting (but not admirable) people</p><p>Interesting history</p><p>Adopted himself into family of Marcus Aurelius correcting the Commodus error</p><p>Still failed to solve his problem with his worthless son repeating the Commodus error</p><p><br /></p><p>His coins:</p><p>Many types; some interesting</p><p>About as cheap in silver as anyone</p><p>Common ones are common but rare ones are rare - many dealers don&#039;t know the difference</p><p>Multiple mints not openly marked so you need to know the styles - most people don&#039;t care</p><p>About as cheap in silver as anyone</p><p>Available in decent style and well made but many coins are neither - most people don&#039;t care</p><p>I bought my first one while in high school (this coin)</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac6.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac6.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac6.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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