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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7857990, member: 85693&quot;]Just in the mail, this common denarius of Severus Alexander - this is RIC 238 I believe, IOVI PROPVGNATORI where Jupiter is holding an eagle.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My question has to do with the bust type - mine seems to be draped (and cuirassed?) <b>seen from behind</b>.&nbsp; I looked at dozens of these, and all of them - I mean <i>all</i> - are busts seen <b>from the front</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine, with bust seen from behind:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354167[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a typical from-the-front bust (from a Vcoins listing):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354168[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/romae_aeternae_numismatics/136/product/severus_alexander_silver_denarius_iovi_propvgnatori_jupiter_ric_238_vf/639134/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/romae_aeternae_numismatics/136/product/severus_alexander_silver_denarius_iovi_propvgnatori_jupiter_ric_238_vf/639134/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/romae_aeternae_numismatics/136/product/severus_alexander_silver_denarius_iovi_propvgnatori_jupiter_ric_238_vf/639134/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Coin Archives search with a bunch of these - bust types are all from the front: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&amp;search=IOVI+Alexander+PROPVGNATORI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&amp;search=IOVI+Alexander+PROPVGNATORI" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&amp;search=IOVI+Alexander+PROPVGNATORI</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Am I interpreting this correctly?&nbsp; Bust from the front = shoulder lines up with back of the head and both shoulders visible / Bust from the rear = shoulder lines up with jaw, only one shoulder visible.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My worry is that mine could be a fake - it is a bit heavy for these at 3.47 grams.&nbsp; Or I&#039;m missing something in OCRE, etc.&nbsp; Any help much appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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