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New Member
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  About 10 years ago, I bought a few uncleaned Roman coins off of ebay. This is the only one that had any detail, but never identified it, put it in my stash and forgot about it. I recently found it again and did a little digging. I think it's Elagabalus. What do you all think? I don't know much about ancient coins but I'm very interested in knowing more, so I would welcome any information any of you would like to share about it. Thanks! Edited by Tapestry
01/18/2015 7:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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 Yes, it looks like Elagabalus. Cannot find that combination of obverse and reverse though. |
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Yep it's Elagabalus . Can you give us the size and weight of the coin please.
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Moderator
 United States
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This is Elagabalus 218-222 AD. Obverse legend: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG. Reverse legend: PROVID DEORVM. The coin is supposed to be a silver denarius, but I don't see any silver showing unless it's under all the crud.
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Pillar of the Community
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Might very well be discoloured silver due to the cleaning process used.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Could it be a Limes Denarius ?
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New Member
 United States
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It's 2 cm across at its widest point, 1.8 cm at its narrowest. According to my kitchen scale, it's about 2 grams. If it's silver, then could it still have a very high copper content giving it that coppery color?
Do you think I should chuck it back into some olive oil and see if I can loosen some of the crud?
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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I really wonder if this is a limes Denarius. As for soaking it in Olive oil , you may get some of the crude of but it will darken the coin . I usually buy my coins cleaned or they just look good uncleaned so I am not one to ask ,others will help you on that issue.
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At 2 grams it's a bit light, which makes me think that it could be a Limes denarius.
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Pillar of the Community
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The combination of the obverse and reverse gives that assumption some additional credence. Sear does not have that combination listed.
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New Member
United States
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I just looked up Limes denarius...that sounds plausible and explains why I couldn't find an exact match. It's a pity I can't trace back to wherever the hoard was found.
Thanks everyone!
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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 Echizento . To Tapestry , a Limes Denarius was a copper denarius issued on the boarder provinces or the Limes ( hence the name) they were copper instead of silver because if they were captured by the barbarians they were just a useless piece of copper( much like the American Hawaii $1 notes) . Historians speculate that the Roman troops could and would exhange a limes Denarius for a real one when the troops were of the front . |
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