Does everything appear okay with this Constantius II?

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  1. Aethelred

    Aethelred The Old Dead King

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  3. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    On reverse, the head of the horse has crossed the bar over the exergue. Then the letters of the reverse legend seem a little bit confused or double struck. I guess..
     
  4. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

    Some odd weak spots and wear spots. Have you looked at the forgery reports in Forvm?
     
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  5. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    More than okay. It's a lovely example of a fallen horseman of Alexandria.
     
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  6. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    A bit of an interesting nose on Constantius, but otherwise the coin appears fine.
     
  7. Insider

    Insider Talent on loan from...

    Let's see the edge. Would there be a reasonable profit counterfeiting these? Yeah, I know that everything is faked eventually. All I see is some very smooth, rounded, and highly reflective high points leading me to believe old polishing.

    So? :D
     
  8. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    I'm sure our resident FH peeps will chime but looks good.
     
  9. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Looks pretty bad, better send it to me to check out ..... ;)




    j/k


    A nice looking coin!
     
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  10. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG Constantius II pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
    FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO soldier spearing Horseman, bearded, bare-headed, reaching, reaching
    ALEΓ in ex. Γ in left field

    Alexandria 72
     
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  11. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    Absolutely typical Alexandrian. A nice one too.
     
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  12. wrappedinsky

    wrappedinsky Active Member

    I like how the AVG on the obverse seems to be squished together, like the engraver ran out of room. Oops! Can you imagine the scene? How do you say, "What the heck?!" in Latin? I wonder if that is what he muttered as he sat there inscribing and realized what he had done.
     
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  13. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    We had to make a lot of dies to strike a million coins last month. Do I exaggerate? Maybe not.

    Mine:
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    I see no reason to doubt the coin.
     
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  14. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Here's a Constantius II reduced maiorina from Alexandria. It's pretty small and rather worn. I can't complain, though. It was part of a bulk lot I got for less than $2.00 a coin.

    Constantius II FEL TEMP reduced maiorina Alexandria.jpg
    Constantius II, Augustus 337-361
    Roman billon reduced maiorina, 2.85 g, 15.2 mm, 6 h
    Alexandria, AD 353-356
    Obv: D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
    Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier spearing falling horseman, facing soldier and extending left arm; ALEA in exergue
    Refs: RIC viii, p. 545, 82; LRBC II 2846; RCV 18288; Voetter 28; Cohen 47
     
  15. Aethelred

    Aethelred The Old Dead King

    My concern about this coin centered around the weakness on the upper part of the Emperor's nose and back of his neck.

    I bought it at a local coin show (part of an 18 coin lot) for what I considered a great price. I've boon looking for a nice soldier spearing type and I fell head over heals for this one!
     
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    randygeki Coin Collector

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