Hi all, I bought this Marcus Aurelius denarius as a christmas present and I want to make sure that it's authentic. The weight on the seller's page was 3.1 and it's 3.041 on my own scales and its diameter is 18mm. It looks to match up with Marcus Aurelius 91/92 in RIC III, however I haven't been able to find any examples that look exactly like it. The examples I've seen on google image search have the G in AVG behind the eye rather than above it. Thanks!
Looks OK to me? I am, however, only a part-time dabbler in ancients, so you'll want to get an opinion with a little more weight.
I'm certainly no expert, either, but am reasonably confident in saying this one looks fine to me. And I have my doubts that there are a lot of fake Antonine denarii floating around out there, in comparison with other emperors and types, anyway...
Seems OK to me too.......and I've noticed several examples at Acsearch that have the same legend placement and several that vary quite a bit. https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...s=1¤cy=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=
I vote authentic, and it's not a bad looking coin at all. I think you can be confident about it. BTW, welcome @Martok
The obverse field appears to have some surface eruptions in front of the face. This is something that often happens on fourree counterfeits and less often on official mint issues. It might be interesting to take a specific gravity test of the coin. A value closer to copper than to silver would suggest further examination.
