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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2300376, member: 42773"]In the outlying territories of the empire, denarii were occasionally minted of bronze, presumably because of a lack of silver. Since official silver types were used to strike these coins, it's also assumed that they traded at the same value as the silver coins, but only locally. In Latin, the word limes (pronounced leemehs), denotes "path, track; limit; strip of uncultivated ground marking boundary." I have a secondary interest in the OP coin being a limes denarius. During the time of SS, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes_Arabicus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes_Arabicus" rel="nofollow">Limes Arabicus</a> was expanded and fortified. During the Severan dynasty (AD 193–235), the Romans strengthened their defences on the Arabian frontier. They constructed several forts at the northwest end of the Wadi Sirhan, and improved the roads. One important fort was Qasr Azraq, another was at Humeima (Latin: Auara), from the late 2nd C AD, on the Via Nova from Petra to Aila, where up to 500 auxiliary troops could have resided. It was probably abandoned in the fourth century. - wiki It's possible that some of the Severan limes denarii circulated in ancient Arabia, which is my primary collecting focus. It's also possible that we are looking at coinage minted for military pay and intra-military trade, at least in my opinion.[/QUOTE]