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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 7478569, member: 75482&quot;]The so-called &quot;limes denarii&quot; are best described as contemporary cast counterfeits in base metal. The style is good because the molds were made from official coins. The term &quot;limes denarius&quot; is believed to have been born on eBay as a misunderstanding of <i>limesfalsa, </i>which had been used in the literature to refer to a specific group of cast copies of early imperial <u>bronzes</u> (only). What are the &quot;limes denarii&quot; then? The prevailing theory seems to be that once the official denarii became more debased in the Severan era, counterfeiters discovered that copies cast in high-tin bronze looked silvery enough when new and were easier to produce than plated coins. An interesting group imho.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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