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Offline Elliott D

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Black patina denarius - Please help identify!
« on: September 25, 2022, 08:12:57 pm »
Can someone please help me id this coin? Encrustations have not worn away the surface. Thank you!

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Re: Black patina denarius - Please help identify!
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2022, 10:52:13 pm »
Hi, Elliot.  I think it is something like this one:

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Septimius Severus AD 193-211. Rome Denarius AR 16mm., 2,91g. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head right / VICT AVGG COS II PP, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. good very fine RIC 120c, RSC 694.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5147787

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Re: Black patina denarius - Please help identify!
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2022, 10:52:47 pm »
Septimius Severus with Victoria reverse.  I think like this one:

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4954791

EDIT: posted at the same time as v-drome

Offline Elliott D

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Re: Black patina denarius - Please help identify!
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2022, 07:35:21 pm »
Thank you so much! Next question is whether I should clean it or not. Thoughts? Thanks again!

 

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