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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7562015, member: 85693"]I guess I'd lean towards a limes, but it could be the exposed core of a fourree, possibly?</p><p><br /></p><p>From the PM photo of the lot I got to see (a preview!) there is one definite fourree and one possible. Could these be from the same hoard?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes it is hard to tell with these uncleaned denarii. Here is an Elagabalus denarius that I got in a recent lot - I finally determined it was silver after some partial, inexpert cleaning - it was a uniform dark gray when I got it. Note it is holed and plugged four (!) times:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303839[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus Denarius</b></p><p><b>(218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP A[NT]ONINVS PVS AV[G], laureate draped bust right / CONS[E]RVATOR AVG, Sol standing left, holding right hand high up in salute and whip, star in left field.</p><p>RIC 63; RSC 19; BM 199; C 19.</p><p>(2.71 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>From the same lot, this green monster is probably a limes - all base metal, all the way through. The portrait is crude, but Annona looks pretty good:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303845[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander Denarius</b></p><p><b>(222-228 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>I[M]P C M A[V]R SEV [A]LEXAND [A]VG, laureate, draped bust right / [A]NNON[A]</p><p>AV[G], Annona standing left with corn-ears and cornucopiae, modius at foot.</p><p>RIC 133 </p><p>(2.79 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7562015, member: 85693"]I guess I'd lean towards a limes, but it could be the exposed core of a fourree, possibly? From the PM photo of the lot I got to see (a preview!) there is one definite fourree and one possible. Could these be from the same hoard? Sometimes it is hard to tell with these uncleaned denarii. Here is an Elagabalus denarius that I got in a recent lot - I finally determined it was silver after some partial, inexpert cleaning - it was a uniform dark gray when I got it. Note it is holed and plugged four (!) times: [ATTACH=full]1303839[/ATTACH] [B]Elagabalus Denarius (218-222 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP A[NT]ONINVS PVS AV[G], laureate draped bust right / CONS[E]RVATOR AVG, Sol standing left, holding right hand high up in salute and whip, star in left field. RIC 63; RSC 19; BM 199; C 19. (2.71 grams / 18 mm) From the same lot, this green monster is probably a limes - all base metal, all the way through. The portrait is crude, but Annona looks pretty good: [ATTACH=full]1303845[/ATTACH] [B]Severus Alexander Denarius (222-228 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] I[M]P C M A[V]R SEV [A]LEXAND [A]VG, laureate, draped bust right / [A]NNON[A] AV[G], Annona standing left with corn-ears and cornucopiae, modius at foot. RIC 133 (2.79 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]
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