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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4799544, member: 56859&quot;]That&#039;s a pretty hilarious (and awesome) find for a US coin roll! </p><p><br /></p><p>Machine wrapped... meaning by the bank?&nbsp; How would a silver coin make it through the sorting and preliminaries to even be wrapped?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Forgive me, but that sounds like a fishy story.&nbsp; On the other hand, it sounds like something many of my fellow ancient collectors on CT would do if they worked at a bank or had a coin wrapping machine-- stick a ancient in there just to mess with someone!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I&#039;d be more likely to put a late Roman bronze in there rather than a more valuable and older silver coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, if it was in a US cent roll it&#039;s probably ~19 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it&#039;s generally not possible to say with certainty that a coin is authentic based solely on photos, the coin looks legitimate to me and the size and weight are okay.&nbsp; As others have already stated, it&#039;s an ancient coin from the Roman republic, circa ~200 BCE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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