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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 941771, member: 19463&quot;]L SEP SEVERVS PER AVG PM IMP XI / VICT AVGG COS II PP&nbsp; - no D&#039;s</p><p>The H coin is a low grade &#039;tourist&#039; modern cast fake.&nbsp; This sort of thing was sold by cute kids and old men at sites in the Near East to tourists looking for souveniers.&nbsp; It has every sign of being a cast fake that you could ask for but they still fool many people.&nbsp; This one copies a relatively common coin of Septimius Severus from the Laodicea mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was given this coin about 30 years ago and do not know where it came from originally. Judging from style, the original used to make these was probably genuine.&nbsp; I wonder what the grandchildren of the cute kids are selling to tourists today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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