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Please Help Authenticate And Catalog This Ancient Coin #1... Roman?

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This coin is part of a lot of old coins that I bought a few years ago ... It looks like silver, weighs 2.4 grams and measures 19 mm on average. Could it be a Roman Denarius? Authentic?
Any opinion is welcome.




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 Posted 12/02/2017  11:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lrbguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Roman Imperial
Antoninianus of Trajan Decius;

obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG; radiate bust right.

GEN ILLVRICI reverse: Genius standing left, holding patera (in r.) and cornucopia (in l.), wearing polos on head RIC 38(a) from the mint at Milan.

Not rare but nice item
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12/02/2017 11:58 am
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@lrbguy:
Wow...a complete description, many Thanks!!
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