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Thanks, it must be one of those then. It's too strange to be anything official and too detailed to be barbarous.

 

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Update: I had put the coin away for a little while, writing it off as fake. Cut to a few days ago and I was scrolling through RIC and stumbled across the coin I have pictured. It puts together the missing piece for me, the figure on my coin isn't Victory, it's the emperor being crowned by victory. The clipped area plus the off center strike hid victory from view! My coin matches up in design with this Probus denarius from Ticinum. The size however, matches up with the related Probus Quinarii of Ticinum from the same time. Since both of those types are very rare from my knowledge, I assume it's possible that the coin I have is an unpublished type of a Probus quinarius from Ticinum. I'd love to hear more thoughts on it, thanks for reading!

 

This coin is clearly an imitation, why not an ancient one? It was overstruck on an older coin. If it is silver, I wonder what kind of silver coin less than 1 gram could have existed in the Roman period...

 

I'm fond of late Roman silver siliqua but it doesn't seem to resemble any of these that I'm familiar with. Unfortunately, the legends are so blundered that it's impossible to discern the 1st few letters which would help greatly. The portrait style doesn't seem to fit either.

 

I tend to specialize in very late Roman, particularly silquae and tremissisii. Have bought at least 5 of these and bid on a great number more.

I don't recognize the emperor shown nor does it seem to fit into any of the stylized portrait types of the 5th century AD. It looks Indian to me although it seems to have Latin lettering. Could you bring it to a pawn shop and beg the guy to do a free XRF to give you maybe 4 spot surface metallurgies?

 

I need help figuring out what this coin is I have. I believe Roman 8th legion? No idea, someone inbox me if possible? And sorry if not allowed to post this here https://ibb.co/JRLWKp5

 

You should start another thread, but since it's here, it is a Mark Anthony Legio VIII; however, I cannot tell if it is genuine from that image. What is the weight and the dimensions?

 

Sorry about that it wouldn't let me create a thread until I was accepted .. it weighs 3.3-3.4 grams and is around 16mm . Found it in my dad's giant coin collection and never seen something like it. Thank you for the reply

 

the weight is right, but the size is just a tad small, but not small enough to make me doubt it. I think it is genuine, but have you checked it against known fakes at https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php

 

I have not , I will look into it some more. Thank you for your help!

 

I really hope to see this gets resolved at some point. The odds are low, but imagine if you somehow came into possession of a one-of-a-kind coin from antiquity. The research and remuneration potential would both be amazing. I’ve seen so many stories of real antiquities written off as fakes only to be later discovered to be genuine. So don’t be too quick to dismiss its provenance as fake.

Anyway, I can see how people could become deeply obsessed with coins. From digging one up or unearthing one’s provenance to learning about the historical context of a coin’s minting or how it came to reach an area thought to have had no contact w/those who minted it, so many fascinating elements to the pursuit.

 

BTW, the coin actually looks more Aksumite than Roman. Particularly the helmed figure.