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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RichardT, post: 8257606, member: 100005&quot;]Reverse die details are the only way to differentiate denarii of Tiberius, because almost all bear exactly the same broad design. Which is a seated female figure.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is likely to be an early issue, which are slightly more desirable I believe. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Analyses by Alan Walker (The Metrology of the Roman Silver Coinage, 1976) and Kevin Butcher (The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan, 2015), decades apart, state that denarii of Tiberius were intended by the ancients to be pure silver. If you have a source which they&#039;re 90% pure, that would be interesting to read.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chipped or damaged coins generally aren&#039;t worth too much. Also, as others have mentioned, it looks like this coin is heavily crystallised and very fragile.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably authentic, since the weight, damage, style etc look convincing. But the image resolution is too low to be more certain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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