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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ArtDeco, post: 7361732, member: 119259&quot;]Hello, I purchased this Septimius Severus coin from forumancientcoins and I&#039;m aware of their relatively good reputation when it comes to selling authentic ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>After taking a closer look at the coin, it seems to have a weird metal composition and just wanted some opinions on whether this coin is genuine or an electrotype copy.</p><p>I also read that denarius coins in the 3rd century AD could have less silver then previous centuries in Roman mint but wanted to make sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the page on forumancientcoin from where I purchased it</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=&amp;vpar=429&amp;zpg=112469&amp;fld=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=&amp;vpar=429&amp;zpg=112469&amp;fld=" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=&amp;vpar=429&amp;zpg=112469&amp;fld=</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some closer pics on the edges of the coin and close ups of the obverse and reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1283039[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1283040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1283041[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1283042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1283043[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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