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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1881820, member: 44210&quot;]I&#039;m not into collecting contemporary counterfeits like fourees, barbarous, etc. (No. Gothic/Vandal aren&#039;t counterfeits <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) , but this one was in great shape (aside from the spots on the reverse), of a less-than-common emperor (Lucius Verus), and at a price I could live with, so I went for it. I understand these limes denarii may not have been to deceive but could also have been made as money of necessity, especially in border areas where money would have been scarce and soldiers stationed there needed currency to buy with, hence their name, &quot;limes&quot; (Latin for border/limit, pronounced &quot;lie-meez&quot;). I am quite impressed by the quality of it, for being an unofficial issue. Its pretty smooth to the touch and its also a color I really like on ancient bronzes. Looks like several of these could have been silver plated (were these actually originally silver-plated???), mixed in a bag with genuine denarii and no one would have been the wiser (hopefully).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m too lazy to type anymore right now, so I&#039;ll just give the links of the genuine attribution for it:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/lucius_verus/RIC_0542.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/lucius_verus/RIC_0542.txt" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/lucius_verus/RIC_0542.txt</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/lucius_verus/RIC_0542.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/lucius_verus/RIC_0542.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/lucius_verus/RIC_0542.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(the obverse isn&#039;t as grainy in hand as in the photo)</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/LVer_zpsf8eb3dd2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone could post more info on limes denarii, I&#039;d appreciate it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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