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Based on my internet research, Ric 348 keeps bringing me to an AE Sestertius coin of Augustus? and listed as (R2 rarity, I wish haha) I'm confused now lol :P, but thanks for all the info thus far! you've been a big help :)

It is easier to find Severan Dynasty denarii in superior condition.

I have seen comments in coin magazines that the grade for ancient coins 'uncirculated' is inaproriate, and the term 'as struck' is preferred.
That allows for all of the other striking imperfections that almost all ancient coins have, and they should then be noted.

Well I guess my edition if Seaby is way out of date. Wildwinds which is using a 2000 update of RIC has it at RIC 199, BMC 500, so that's the one to go by.

I sense your confusion, Ron. Let me help with a bit of explanation. Seaby RSC was published in 1978, and used the numbering system devised by Henri Cohen, listing this coin as RSC 40. This was cross referenced to RIC as RIC 348. However, volume 1 of RIC was revised in the 1990s with some rearrangement of the material. So RIC 348 became RIC 199.

Two editions of the BMC catalogs are also referenced in RSC 40 for Augustus. The listing "Gaul 223" refers to the catalog by H.A. Grueber (Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum).
The listing "Imp 500" refers to the catalog edited by Harold Mattingly (Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum) which today is commonly abbreviated as BMCRE.

Wildwinds is only using the most recent reference numbers.