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adanak44 Valued Member Canada 207 Posts	Posted 05/15/2008 10:49 pm Need help to identify....Thank you. Image: IMG_Anc_Obv_1.jpg 81.33 KB Image: IMG_Anc_Rev1.jpg 63.39 KB Report this Post to the Staff

Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 05/15/2008 11:52 pm The emperor is definitely Septimius Severus. His reign was 193-211 AD. I'm having trouble identifying the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16859 Posts	Posted 05/16/2008 02:01 am Yep, a denarius of Septimus Severus. Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG. Reverse: PART MAX PM TRP VIIII, two captives seated beneath a "trophy" of captured weapons and armour. Similar to the one listed in the Sear catalogue as #6323, but that one's TRP X instead. "TRP VIIII" corresponds to a date of 201 AD. Here's one on CoinArchives. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
adanak44 Valued Member Canada 207 Posts	Posted 05/16/2008 6:15 pm Wow. Thank you very much. You guys amazing. Ping Report this Post to the Staff
adanak44 Valued Member Canada 207 Posts	Posted 05/17/2008 12:36 pm After compare the picture from the archived. There shows some different. The captives, weapons and armour are not the same also from the crack it show the axis is like Medel, my is opposite and weight 3g attach more pic from scan. Image: AncObv1.jpg 9.92 KB Image: AncRev1.jpg 11.24 KB Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16859 Posts	Posted 05/17/2008 9:07 pm I don't think those differences are significant. Remember, the ancient Romans had no means of mechanically transferring or duplicating a die like we do today. Each die was carved by hand, when they wore out they were copied by hand and the coins were struck by hand. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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