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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3609460, member: 85693"]For what it's worth, I think it is an official mint product that has, as Severus Alexander suggests, some surface enrichment/degradation issues. The weight is of concern, but weird things happen chemically sometimes - I have a Gordian III ant that looks fine but weighs in very light:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]966492[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for Trajan Decius, I just got one myself off eBay. I like eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]966482[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan Decius Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(c. 250-251 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome mint </b></p><p>IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / GENIVS</p><p>EXERC ILLVRICIANI, Genius, standing with patera and cornucopiae; standard in rt. field.</p><p>RIC 16c; RSC 49; Sear 9374.</p><p>(4.50 grams / 22 x 19 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3609460, member: 85693"]For what it's worth, I think it is an official mint product that has, as Severus Alexander suggests, some surface enrichment/degradation issues. The weight is of concern, but weird things happen chemically sometimes - I have a Gordian III ant that looks fine but weighs in very light: [ATTACH=full]966492[/ATTACH] As for Trajan Decius, I just got one myself off eBay. I like eBay. [ATTACH=full]966482[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Decius Antoninianus (c. 250-251 A.D.) Rome mint [/B] IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI, Genius, standing with patera and cornucopiae; standard in rt. field. RIC 16c; RSC 49; Sear 9374. (4.50 grams / 22 x 19 mm)[/QUOTE]
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