AR Commodus Denarius - Mule Or Barabaric Immitation?

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pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 04/12/2020 09:41 am Dear friends, colleagues and experts. Please help to ID the denarius of Commodus. I can't find such a coin in the catalogues. There is an averse with M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P(P) . But the reverse is not reverse with YROVDEOR TPP XVI COS III? May be it is a barbaric imitation or mule? Weight 2, 68 g Thanks for any information. Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 04/12/2020 10:02 am Marcus Aurelius Providentia reverse? (PROV DEOR TR P XVI COS III) Interesting! Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 04/12/2020 10:44 am Thanks for your reply. So it is mule? Rome mint? Report this Post to the Staff
Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 04/12/2020 11:50 am I don't collect ancients, and only have a few examples in my possession, but I have seen a bunch (so take my observations for what they are) too well centered and too well struck, patina looks off. that combined with the wrong die pairs = my guess fake Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 04/12/2020 1:07 pm Dear Wade, thank you for your profesional poiny of view. So do you think that the coin ts ancient fake or modern one? Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 04/12/2020 1:13 pm The seller does not insist on the authentity of the coin. He sells it as imitation! Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 04/12/2020 6:56 pm Weight is very light; my guess is a fouree or ancient counterfeit, bronze flan coated in silver and struck from dies prepared from a circulated coin. Fourree denarii copying second century issues are common, and often have mixed up reverses. Check in the cracks with a loupe and see if you can see a copper core. Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 04/13/2020 09:01 am I'm very grateful for your opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
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