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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4940628, member: 19463&quot;]While much more common in the late Roman period, there are unofficial, solid (not fourree) denarii from all periods.&nbsp; Some are more base than the real thing; some are just as fine.</p><p>Antoninus Pius (the dark patches are encrustations on top of the surface)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina I</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187609[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187610[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187629[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187612[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187613[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Usually we think of plated coins as being poor style.&nbsp; Some are not at all bad and a few are hard to separate from the official.&nbsp; However, just as with the solid group, the more familiar you are with the official coins, the more obvious it is that these are &#039;wrong&#039;.</p><p>Sabina</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187620[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187617[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Domna</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187618[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187619[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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