Septimius Severus Denarius Ric 50

If RIC says something is rare, it is nice to record it on the label, however, RIC is hugely out of date. Since it was written most of eastern europe has been dug up and gazillions of coins found.

my reply from another topic--

It is rated as rare in RIC IV, but you need to understand the rarity system. In this case, rare is not that "rare." There are several degrees of rarity which are common, C2, C3, scarce, rare,r2, r3, r4, r5. The preface for this volume does not explain exactly how many of each coin was noted, but here is the list from RIC VII--

c3= 41-
c2= 31- 40
c1= 22- 30
s= 16- 21
r1= 11-15
r2= 7-10
r3= 4-6
r4= 2-3
r5= unique

These numbers only account for coins that the author saw in museums,some private collections, published hoard material etc., and can't account for every example existing at the time and, of course, those yet to be found. Rarity rarities are relative guides and need to be considered carefully in light of how much time has passed since the book was written.

Yip pishpash that's why I was wondering if anyone has an example to compare against. I cant seem to find any images of it!

Hello all!

While I was attempting to research a denarius of Septimius Severus I was thinking of buying, I stumbled upon this thread during a Google Image search, and it was still the only photographic evidence of the coin I could find, even after over two years! Anyway, I thought I'd share my own coin in the interest of posterity, as well as doubling the images of it Google has to offer, regardless of the actual rarity. I haven't taken my own pictures, so I'll use the seller's images. I hope that's okay.

Thank you very much for both the information and the welcome!