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And still going strong! He is working on a new series now published through Spink, and serves on the KOINON editorial board.
Can we see a picture of the fake coin?
A very rare posture for the smaller denominations. [ATTACH]
Thank you for the compliment, Richard. I'd want to examine the coin in hand before I made any true determination of its authenticity, but...
Good eye. There are some Byzantine nummi that have a similar linear style, though perhaps those are eastern imitations.
Here it is: [ATTACH]
Casting bubbles would be more spherical. I think what you see is the state of the dies--perhaps a little rusty, but also the removal of...
Looking at the new photos I believe it is genuine.
Well, at first glance my thought was genuine--I don't see the casting bubbles. But if everyone else seems certain that it is fake, and a poor...
Where is it allegedly from? As in, what city? Syracuse?
What is the weight and do you have any information about the coin?
Let's plan a trip--we'll bill our respective schools as necessary fieldwork for the journal :)
I hadn’t seen that you paid 15 cents. I’ll happily give you 10x that :).
Apparently there’s some dispute about the finder’s claims. Oliver Hoover wrote a convincing rebuttal, in fact. I believe it saved on the ANS blog...
It doesn’t look cast—just imitating the features of the official coinage of the time.
[ATTACH] A quick search shows a victory to left is a common theme.
A winged victory?
Happy birthday gentlemen!
I see no reason to doubt it.
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