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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8222701, member: 85693&quot;]Back in October, Coin Talker [USER=95247]@tenbobbit[/USER] sent me a big lot of ancients that I am still working through.&nbsp; Included were four limes that run the gamut of styles.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is the finest style, a denarius of Severus Alexander, AEQVITAS reverse; the legends all match RIC 127c, and would pass if not for the obvious base metal fabric:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444422[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is Septimius Severus, with an elephant!&nbsp; So thrilled to get an elephant of his.&nbsp; Style is hard to make out on the obverse, but the elephant looks pretty good, compared to &quot;official issues&quot; I&#039;ve seen: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444421[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina I, CERES reverse, I think.&nbsp; This one has an interesting fabric - is it possible it was cast?&nbsp; The flan is rather unusual, with a thick green AE patina: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444418[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one might be my favorite - it is a limes denarius at its most &quot;unofficial&quot;.&nbsp; The portrait looks like teenaged Caracalla or Geta, with a reverse of the Sacrificial Implements type.&nbsp; So far I have not been able to find an official mint product match to it.&nbsp; When does limes end and barbaric imitation begin?&nbsp; On the reverse, the O rather looks like a Θ - an Eastern limes?&nbsp; Any suggestions for an attribution (official equivalent) would be appreciated: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444417[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I thought this one was limes at first, but there were traces of silver shine on the highlights of an otherwise black coin.&nbsp; I risked an oxalic acid clean and it turned out to be silver, an official denarius, I am pretty sure (MARS PACIFERO type):</p><p><br /></p><p>Pre-cleaned:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444420[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaned: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444419[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had a lot of fun with these over the past few months; I&#039;ll share the rest of the monster batch sometime in the future.&nbsp; Thanks, [USER=95247]@tenbobbit[/USER] ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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