Bing, I am sorry to tell you but that one is a cast fake. Here is one I added to the Forum fake reports as confirmation... [IMG]
Roman and a he...looks like Arcadius
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My obsession continues. This time from a slightly later, reduced size issue. Another nicely detailed example. Constantine the Great , AE3 Obv:–...
Here is a matching example from a fakes databse... [IMG] A modern fake I am afraid.
The cake decorator wrote what was on the booking... "Best wishes Susanne and underneath We will miss you." The "and underneath" shouldn't be...
You can also look out for the more common, dated, coded coins:- Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG CONS III, Radiate bust left in imperial mantle,...
Nice. Here is my example of the type:- [IMG] and a not so nice Hercules type:- Obv:– IMP C PROBVS AVG CONS II, Radiate bust left in imperial...
There aren't any matches in the fakes databases. I am leaning towards two great coins.
Two lovely looking coins.
Double die duplicates of rare varieties are a weakness of mine... Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate...
Where to start... Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG, Laureate head right Rev:– TR P IIII IMP II COS, Mars standing...
Accurate weights are also very important.
From what I have seen this is typical of Lugdunum.
Another week, another LRB, another Lugdunum. This time Julian II. I haven't managed to get one of his Votives from Lugdunum before. Julian II -...
It really is a nice example and as David has said these are not common. The style is very nice indeed and I find it a mark of the quality of the...
No problem:- http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-14702 Regards, Martin
The Syracuse is a modern fake. Here is another from the same dies in gold. SOld as a fake. [IMG]
I have a few Florians, primarily Lugdunum, generally common varieties. Here are a couple:- Florian Antoninianus...
I have looked through the image (magnified) a few times. There are certainly some that it is worth spending time checking out their validity but...
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