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Message:: [QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3773203, member: 75937"]That's really interesting. Some are not likely to be mistaken for the real thing by modern numismatists. Although the Aquilia Severa has the correct reverse type (Concordia standing), such as on this example in my collection ... [ATTACH=full]1009003[/ATTACH] ... it's clearly of base metal. The coin of Julia Maesa is obviously base metal and its reverse matches none of Maesa's few reverse types. The Severus is obviously base metal, too, but it's hard to decide whether it's a cast fake or a struck limes denarius with a lot of corrosion on the surfaces. That's where examining the coin in hand and under a microscope would help. The Caracalla, though, might fool me from the photo. It looks all the world like RIC 11, but in a poor state of preservation: [ATTACH=full]1009013[/ATTACH] Looking at these photos from the article, I now wonder whether this enigmatic coin of Plautilla in my collection -- which I've always thought was a worn limes denarius -- was cast in antiquity: [ATTACH=full]1009015[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]