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Message:: [QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2800189, member: 15445"]Counterfeit CoinIMHO this is a very good fake.  When you show it to experts, they say that it looks good until they weigh it & start reading the legends......[ATTACH=full]652596[/ATTACH]It is supposed to be a Caracalla from 198-217 AD.  It is not.  It is a fake. It weighs 5.15 grams which would be a double denarius.  However, a double denarius would have an image of Caracala where he is wearing a radiant (spikey) crown. It has the legend Cos II [Caracalla's second consulship] which would be 205 AD. It also includes the legend TRP VI which would be 203 AD. Which is it?  Is it year 205 or 203? Caracalla is depicted with a beard after 209.  Prior to 209 he was depicted clean shaven.  So this coin is dated after 209 right? I almost forgot to mention that Caracalla was never minted with the reverse showing Caracalla standing & sacrificing over a tripod.  That would have been some different Roman dude. It's an enigma.  Aside from being a complete fantasy, this is an extremely well made faux ancient POS.  Caracalla was a bad boy that had his brother Geta killed. Caracalla was ordered killed by Macrinus in 217 AD. Next theme is countermarked coin.  Here is a 1848 Costa Rica countermark on Lima 2R:[ATTACH=full]652608[/ATTACH]The countermark made the coin legal tender in Costa Rica.[/QUOTE]