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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8051880, member: 84905&quot;]I have the denarius below of Severus Alexander. I bought the coin as an official mint product, but I wonder if it isn&#039;t an imitation?</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.:IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG</p><p>Rev.: <b>SAVS PVBLICA</b> (note the missing L in SALVS)</p><p><br /></p><p>The somewhat strange style and the wrong spelling of the reverse legends make me wonder if this coin is perhaps unofficial or from a poorly controlled eastern mint (Antioch?).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think the coin is a contemporary forgery. It appears to be of good silver and at <b>3.7 g</b>. it is heavier than most coins of this type.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 178 (var.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394438[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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