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Arkie Pillar of the Community United States 2637 Posts	Posted 03/10/2015 7:47 pm 2.98 grams. About 16-16.5 mm (a hair smaller than a FRD pfennig). Obverse appears to be CAVREICO _________CEL. Reverse TNITRPXVIIIM?VIIIC? Came with a certificate of authenticity by Douglas Thomas, Senior Numismatist. Edited by Arkie 03/10/2015 8:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff

chuy1530 Pillar of the Community United States 513 Posts	Posted 03/10/2015 8:28 pm It's a denarius I'm pretty sure. I believe it's of Antoninus Pius but I get him, Commodus and Marcus Aurelius mixed up on their coin portraits sometimes. Romancoin.info is down right now so I can't check inscriptions. Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 03/10/2015 8:35 pm It's Commodus. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 03/10/2015 10:45 pm Concur. Sear 5686, perhaps? Quote: Came with a certificate of authenticity by Douglas Thomas, Senior Numismatist. Unless you know who that guy is, I'm afraid that certificate's worthless. What company is it from? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Arkie Pillar of the Community United States 2637 Posts	Posted 03/10/2015 11:44 pm Sap, you are amazing! Can you offer a ballpark as to worth? Douglas Thomas appears to work for Govmint.com. Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 03/10/2015 11:51 pm If it were me, I would pay between $30-50 for your coin. Report this Post to the Staff
chuy1530 Pillar of the Community United States 513 Posts	Posted 03/11/2015 01:29 am I'd expect to see it for about $30. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 03/11/2015 01:34 am Quote: Douglas Thomas appears to work for Govmint.com. A govmint.com certificate is almost as worthless as one you've printed yourself, I'm afraid. I wouldn't trust them to authenticate a parking ticket. It also explains why you have a "certificate of authenticity" that doesn't seem to say what it actually is. That being said, I hope you didn't buy it from govmint yourself; if you did, you'd have overpaid. Direct marketing companies like govmint generally sell genuine items, just way overpriced. They also go for gimmicky bandwagon-jumping sales pitches. It wouldn't surprise me if Govmint bought in a bulk lot of these Commodus denarii back when the movie "Gladiator" came out, and offered them as some kind of movie tie-in (Commodus was the evil emperor in that movie). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Arkie Pillar of the Community United States 2637 Posts	Posted 03/11/2015 08:34 am No, I picked it up from an LCS. I appear to have paid a wholesale price, and am glad to have it. I have only been playing in ancients for a few weeks, so I don't know who the players are yet. Thanks again for all your help, with all my mysteries. FWIW, a business acquaintance just received a Marcus Aurelius denarius for Christmas, so I can't wait to show him my Commodus. From what I've read, Commodus didn't persecute the Christians nearly as much as Marcus Aurelius, so I'm just as happy to have his denarius instead, giving no credence to Hollywood's depiction of Roman history. Edited by Arkie 03/11/2015 08:39 am Report this Post to the Staff
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