nepotian real?

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  1. Thomas c

    Thomas c Veni, vidi, vici, Julius Caesar

    this coin weights about 5 gram i want to know if this coin is real and if it is it's worth IMG-20191024-WA0020.jpg IMG-20191024-WA0004.jpg IMG-20191024-WA0019.jpg IMG-20191024-WA0005.jpg
     
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  3. CoinBlazer

    CoinBlazer Numismatic Enthusiast

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  4. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    No, I don't believe it is authentic but it looks like the fake dies may have been impressed upon an authentic late Roman bronze. Where did you get it this coin and did you have any reason to trust that the seller had an authentic, rare, and valuable late Roman usurper?

    Here's your coin properly oriented, cropped, and joined followed by a match from Forum Ancient Coins' Fakes Gallery:

    CT-ThomasC-FakeNepotian.jpg

    FAC fakes match:

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    https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=8

    Here's a thread you will find helpful for researching such things in the future:

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-coins-beginners’-faq-thread.324858/

    Within that thread, a post about assessing value and about researching and spotting fakes:

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-coins-beginners’-faq-thread.324858/page-2#post-3222342
     
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  5. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Looks like a fake unfortunately.
     
  6. Suarez

    Suarez Well-Known Member

    Absolutely, positively fake. The very first giveaway is the odd angle photo. When you see a coin pictured upside down and slanted in such a way that you can barely tell what it is don't you at least wonder why the seller would do this?
     
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