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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3159243, member: 88829&quot;]Long day.&nbsp; Sorry it took so long.&nbsp; It looks like your coin is proper weight but the obverse is a Sabina type only rarely used and the reverse not at all otherwise.&nbsp; When we see a combination like that the usual approach is to handle it as unofficial until other evidence corroborates it.&nbsp; To my eye the style of the reverse engraving is not typical of engraving at Rome.&nbsp; If we assume that it was not produced at Rome, that opens the door for an unknown mint that held to the imperial standard (assuming the silver content is consistent with regular denarii of the time).&nbsp; I find this approach more justifiable than calling it a counterfeit, since it is hard to imagine the profit in the private manufacture of coins that value at par with the real thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats on an interesting find, and thanks for sharing it with the rest of us.&nbsp; As always, inquiring minds want to know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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