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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3120256, member: 85693&quot;]I got this the other day from eBay, pretty cheap ($10.50), knowing it had some problems.&nbsp; The ARAB ADIAB reverse made it worth a gamble, because that era is so interesting.&nbsp; Despite the problems, I thought it was still a fairly attractive example of this usually crude issue (judging from others I&#039;ve seen online).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I thought I&#039;d toss it out to the Forum to see if it is even real (I checked the Forgery Network and didn&#039;t find anything).&nbsp; I had trouble attributing it because the vital IMP information is mostly off the flan (below are the four possibilities).</p><p><br /></p><p>It has obviously been in jewelry - in addition to the flat spot on the rim (obverse), it has two very obvious mount-removal marks on the rims and some possible filing/smoothing as well.&nbsp; The weight concerned me as well, as it weighs 3.58 grams, kinda heavy for a SS denarius in my (limited) experience - the flan is small in diameter but thick.&nbsp; But I did find two of these types right around this weight (British Museum and a FORVM article (not one of Doug&#039;s).&nbsp; Anyway, here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]793828[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]793829[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]793830[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Septimius Severus Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 195-197 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>L SEPT SEV PE [RT AVG IMP (V-VIII?)], laureate head right / ARAB AD[IAB] COS II PP,</p><p>Victory walking left holding wreath and trophy.</p><p>RIC 58 63a 64 or 76 (IMP No.)</p><p>(3.58 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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