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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2868703, member: 88829&quot;]I&#039;m not sure that proper weight on a solid siver planchet will prevent us from thinking counterfeit, if we understand &quot;counterfeit&quot; to mean any coin not known to have been authorized.&nbsp; For Julia Paula I&#039;m going to add a bit of fuel to that fire with this one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]685003[/ATTACH]</p><p>This coin measures 17mm across and is 3.31g of solid core silver.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know the fineness, but there is nothing about the color that suggests a different alloy than was used on bonafide issues.&nbsp; I have only had this coin a few days, but so far it appears to be completely unlisted although physically it seems authentically ancient.</p><p>The obverse hairstyle suggests an origin in Antioch, and the rest of the obverse is consistent for that.&nbsp; The reverse type is of Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath aloft in right hand, and palm frond in left.&nbsp; This is surrounded by the text VICT - ORIA AVGG.</p><p>This reverse combination of type and text does not appear in RSC, BMC, or RIC for anyone in the Severan dynasty, from Septimius to Alexander (including the women).&nbsp; There are two Victoria types for Elagabalus, neither of which corresponds to the type we see here.&nbsp; As for the inscription, I do not find it for the Severan period at all, and not after until it appears on an Antoninianus of Philip I; RSC/Cohen 235; RIC 51 (illustrated).&nbsp; The coin of Philip has a similar type but the wings of Victory are arranged differently.&nbsp; Going back prior to Septimius I cannot find anything like it nor a good candidate for a reference to more than one augustus (or augusta).&nbsp; How many dual augustus reigns were there before the Severans?&nbsp; Pius and Aurelius?&nbsp; Titus and Vespasian?&nbsp; I&#039;m weak here.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For the reign of Elagabalus the reverse inscription makes no sense.&nbsp; So what is this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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