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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4001310, member: 82549"]I received the coin below in a small lot of silver denarii and antoniniani that I was top bidder on in a recent Roma auction.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053444[/ATTACH]</p><p>Commodus, A.D. 177-192</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 192</p><p>Obv: L AEL AVREL C-OMM AVG P FEL</p><p>Rev: P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P - Victory, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left; star in left field.</p><p>RIC 237</p><p>16mm. 2.1 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the small size and light weight. I've done a few searches and have found many Commodus denarii as small as 14mm and as light a 2.3g. 2.1g seems awfully light, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can find nothing on it to suggest that it is a fouree. So what do you think? Lower end of the normal range, or something funny going on? Clipped maybe?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4001310, member: 82549"]I received the coin below in a small lot of silver denarii and antoniniani that I was top bidder on in a recent Roma auction. [ATTACH=full]1053444[/ATTACH] Commodus, A.D. 177-192 AR Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 192 Obv: L AEL AVREL C-OMM AVG P FEL Rev: P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P - Victory, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left; star in left field. RIC 237 16mm. 2.1 g. Note the small size and light weight. I've done a few searches and have found many Commodus denarii as small as 14mm and as light a 2.3g. 2.1g seems awfully light, though. I can find nothing on it to suggest that it is a fouree. So what do you think? Lower end of the normal range, or something funny going on? Clipped maybe?[/QUOTE]
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