I am saying I don't think it is a forgery. But am not sure. Only thing that made me wonder was how grainy or rough the metal looks.
Ah! I wondered if you mean good enough condition for your collection or good value, and didnt know what your expectations were. As always, if you arent sure, then rely on dealers you trust. So it'll depend on your experience or knowledge of whom you bought it off. Buying such a coin off CNG or NAC gives a different answer than buying it off someone who sells stuff in front of the Trevi fountain. So, if you think you have reason to trust the dealer then its probably fine.
It is from a metal detector Guy in Spain who I have bought some coins from before and were good. I just wondered about the surface graininess.
Coin looks normal for issue and that type of grainy surface is normal on these Republican bronzes. It's a very desirable coin with such clear symbol and so complete
@Andrew McCabe Thank you so much for the information on the Janus AS that I posted in a different Thread today you really helped me out a bunch. I went back and looked at this AS of Janus I purchased from a different seller and weighed it in at 21.7 grams. I looked at some of these and it seems a little bit underweight at the 21.7 grams and wondered what you think on the weight?
Bumping this thread to see if anyone could shed some light on the original coin posted. The weight is at 21.7 grams and seems to be a little bit underweight compared to some of the other Janus AS coins I have looked at.
I think the weight depends on when the coin was struck. They got lighter and lighter as time went by. The early cast ones were upward of 300g.
These series became indeed lighter and lighter as time went by. Here are 3 examples from 200 BC to 100 BC: That means your coin of 21.7 gram was struck around 145 BC
You will see occasional references to the weight series referring to a comparison of the current as to the full weight original coin fraction. For example, a sextantal as was roughly the weight of the liberal (full Roman pound - the term has nothing to do with political affiliation) sextans or 1/6 as. This example weighs 40g.
