These four show the less fancy, more military Septimius when he was fighting Pescennius Niger for control of the Empire. Collectors who specialize in Septimius and consider these all different will realize that there were many variations in style from each of these mints. Each of the four coins above were rather well done for their mint at their time. For each group there were many dies less pleasing and less lifelike than these. Our next example will address this matter.
Eyes vary from well executed looking forward to a dot floating in an empty hole.
One shows the eyes and nose large out of proportion to the mouth and the portrait with the largest head shows the skinniest neck. All show the upper lip overhanging the lower and a somewhat pointed chin. Another sampling of coins from this group would find other variations on these points. The differences we see here can be traced to differing skills of the several cutters and the fact that even the best artist has a bad day now and then. Four more coins of Julia are from the Syrian mint of uncertain location traditionally assigned to 'Emesa'.