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Message:: [QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3582273, member: 72790"]I am hoping some members who are good at determining genuine from fake coins can take at look at this coin and render an opinion. its provenance is vague, bought from a dealer who bought it at a show. The coin is of a young Caracalla and is dated to ca. 203 AD(Roma holding victory and spear. PONT TRP VI) . I weighs in at exactly 3 grams, a bit light but apparently legitimate Caracalla denarii can weigh well under 3 grams so its weight is not a major concern. I have an image of the edge but it does not seem to have a seam but perhaps there is something else to look for. Its surface bothers me a bit. I am not certain what to look for in a cast or pressed coin but the surface seems off from other denarii I own. Since the alloy of a denarius of this period is just above 50% it may be that the coins wear differently from the 95-98 % percent silver of Republican Denarii I am more familiar with. I do not find this coin listed in the fake base of another forum's fraudulent coins. If you think the coin is not genuine  (based on my mediocre pictures) [ATTACH=full]955905[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]955906[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]955907[/ATTACH] could you tell me what it is that you see that makes you think it is not. Thank you very much.[/QUOTE]