ORC7753 Septimius, legionary denarius, VF

     Septimius Severus, AR denarius, (2.78g)c. 193 AD, [IMP CAE L SEP]
     T SEV PERT AVG Laureate head right. / LE[G] XI CL Legionary
     standard between two aquilae, TR P COS in exergue. RIC 12; RSC
     268. VF, field porous, with traces of gilt. The trace of gold in
     the fields remains from use in ancient jewelry or more likely
     from a crude attempt to pass a denarius as an aureus.