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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1650793, member: 19463&quot;]When I sold my collection in 1974, I lost my first ancients.&nbsp; I kept three coins from 1963 but I believe the very first was a Tetricus in 1961 or 2 when I was in 9th grade and taking Latin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Two of the three from 1963 were featured in other posts online recently (in My Top 25 coins, if you recall that one).&nbsp; This is the third.</p><p>[ATTACH]240566.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: #000000">Septimius Severus Emesa mint</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">RIC(1) p138 C173 </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">COS I obverse:</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">This specimen is on too small a flan to prove the die never had the second stroke but other specimens&nbsp; clearly show this as another certain COS I die.&nbsp; The reverse is unusual in that the chair shows an X support underneath.&nbsp; All of the half dozen coins I have seen from this obverse die seem to be struck in more base silver than used with the other COS I dies.&nbsp; My favorite coin was a more common COS I die which led me to publish a truely worthless article in Vol. V No. 2 (February 1966) of The Voice of the Turtle magazine.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00AGM807M/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&amp;condition=all</p><p>Save your money.&nbsp; It is not worth $26 or I would have bought it before I posted this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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