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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5385093, member: 85693&quot;]Welcome to Coin Talk.&nbsp; Not an expert, but I agree with the others this is a denarius, on a typical crowded Severan flan. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my Septimius Severus denarii are light weight.&nbsp; Here is one that is under 2 grams - it doesn&#039;t scream &quot;fake&quot; to me, and it is rather porous, but I wish it were beefier.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1230979[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(204 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in exergue, Dea Caelestis riding on lion, holding thunderbolt &amp; scepter; water gushing from rocks left.</p><p>RIC 266; RSC 222; BMC 335.</p><p>(1.80 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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