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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7554399, member: 44316"]The quadrans denomination is thought to have been discontinued about the time of Marcus Aurelius, well before Septimius Severus. Here is a site on the quadrans denomination:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Any quadrans issued this late would be very unusual and remarkable. If it were a regular issue, I can see how it might command a $650 price tag. I have studied quadrantes a lot and I would not expect to see such a late piece. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree. I don't immediately see anything wrong with the coin itself, but quadrantes are already very rare under Marcus (and even those do not name him, they are attributed to him because the bust looks like him) biases me to think it isn't genuine. Unexpected coins do show up, but rarely. Is this one of those rare cases? Maybe, but I doubt it. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303064[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Anonymous.</p><p>15 mm. 1.86 grams.</p><p>Head of <b>Jupiter</b>, right</p><p>Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left, S C either side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the bust of Jupiter. Does it remind you of any emperor?</p><p>This one has the chin line of Marcus Aurelius. Is that enough to say the denomination continued into the time of Marcus? Otherwise, the literature would suggest the denomination ends early in the reign of Antoninus Pius. Having the quadrans issued as late as the time of Septimius Severus seems unlikely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7554399, member: 44316"]The quadrans denomination is thought to have been discontinued about the time of Marcus Aurelius, well before Septimius Severus. Here is a site on the quadrans denomination: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/[/URL] Any quadrans issued this late would be very unusual and remarkable. If it were a regular issue, I can see how it might command a $650 price tag. I have studied quadrantes a lot and I would not expect to see such a late piece. I agree. I don't immediately see anything wrong with the coin itself, but quadrantes are already very rare under Marcus (and even those do not name him, they are attributed to him because the bust looks like him) biases me to think it isn't genuine. Unexpected coins do show up, but rarely. Is this one of those rare cases? Maybe, but I doubt it. [ATTACH=full]1303064[/ATTACH] Anonymous. 15 mm. 1.86 grams. Head of [B]Jupiter[/B], right Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left, S C either side. Look at the bust of Jupiter. Does it remind you of any emperor? This one has the chin line of Marcus Aurelius. Is that enough to say the denomination continued into the time of Marcus? Otherwise, the literature would suggest the denomination ends early in the reign of Antoninus Pius. Having the quadrans issued as late as the time of Septimius Severus seems unlikely.[/QUOTE]
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