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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3191743, member: 19463&quot;]We call those coins denarii because of their size and silver content but I can not see them circulating as halves of even the best of the Carausius radiates. I do not claim to know what they were or what they were called in their day but I do consider them a footnote rather than a chapter in the story of the denarius. </p><p><br /></p><p>For beginners: There are Slavey fakes of some of the rare denarii that show up artificially aged once in a while.&nbsp; There may have been real denarii with laureate portraits from Trajan Decius etc. but the one you found in a flea market is <u>not</u> genuine.&nbsp; I know statements like that offend those people who seriously believe they will stumble upon that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow but sooner or later most will leave the hobby or admit the truth.&nbsp; The demand for coins that do not exist always outstrips the supply and there are always people intent on selling dreams.&nbsp; </p><p>A few of the Slavey fakes:</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/wslgroup.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>L to R (top row) Augustus, Augustus, Caligula </p><p>(2nd) Nero Claudius Drusus, Pertinax, Pescennius Niger </p><p>(3rd) Septimius Severus, Gordian I, Gordian II </p><p>(bottom) Trajan Decius, Herennia Etruscilla, Alexander the Great[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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