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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 120627, member: 4298&quot;]Hello Jim</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for a belated answer, I have been very busy these days. It&#039;s not greek but latin :kewl: </p><p><br /></p><p>A denarius is a coin denomination, as is a dime or a nickel : it&#039;s a silver coin, and was worth 4 sestertii or 16 asses. You needed 25 denarii for an aureus which was the gold denomination of those times.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG are the titles of Caracalla : IMP stands for imperator (designates a victorious general), Antoninus Pius is his name, and AVG stands for Augustus (indicates his supreme authority)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;LIBERTAS AVG, Liberty standing, holding pileus and sceptre&quot; is what figures on the reverse, as a representation of Liberty (you can find some of them on modern coins aswell, especially in the USA i&#039;ve been told :hammer: )</p><p><br /></p><p>RCV is &quot;Roman coins and their values&quot;, Cohen is &quot;description historique des monnaies frappees sous l&#039;empire romain&quot;, two of the numerous reference books about roman coins</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has been minted in Rome, AD 209 as staded in RCV</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope it helps</p><p>Cucumbor[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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