Presenting a sestertsii of Nerva and it will start the topic. Discover what is unusual coin. The coin is original, I personally I have dug with my metal detector!
It looks very clean, well centered and struck with almost too much detail to be authentic. The edges look modern, too clean and almost perfectly circular, which is a great rarity among Roman coinage in my somewhat limited experience. There are also some grooves in a circular pattern on the fields that are a matter of concern. I'm no expert of fakes or modern reproductions but I'm guessing this might be one. Here are a couple of links that will help you identify fakes and/or modern reproductions and determine of your coin is authentic. Good luck! http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fake.html http://www.mindspring.com/~kroh/Empirecoins/fakes.html Here's my Nerva as an example to compare/contrast.
Sorry, it's a well-documented fake from the Varna-1 studio (Bulgaria). http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=13 http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=14 http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=19 http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=23 ...etc. Example of an authentic coin: http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=453850
Huh, that's strange. I copied the URL and used the CoinTalk hyperlink icon. I'll just a few of the images from Forvm's Fake Reports:
Fake was my opinion from the start, but since I yelled fake on one other of the OP coins in another thread, I thought I'd wait for others to post.
The Nerva some people, eh? Nerva AR Didrachm CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea-Eusebia AD 96-98 Struck AD 98 Diameter: 20 x 22 mm Weight: 6.64 grams Obverse: Laureate head right Reverse: Club set on ground; date in legend ==>> Batter-up!!
