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Offline GREGORIO B

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Help to ID an Aureus Severus
« on: July 20, 2021, 06:39:24 pm »
Hello, a friend of mine offer to me this coins but I couldn't find it anywhere
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Offline Ron C2

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Re: Help to ID an Aureus Severus
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2021, 07:36:34 pm »
7.3g is heavy for a septimius severus aureus and the obverse style is "off".

I'd be leery of this one.

Fwiw, the dies purport to be RIC 231. Here's a denarius example.

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6349.html
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