Same dies in silver and the fake report from 2007. [IMG] http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-3480
I think that these are the same dies but used for gold. Here is the fake report I created in 2008....
Here's an Alexandrian of the type for Galerius. Galerius - Follis Obv:– IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Laureate head right (divergent ties)...
Some of mine (Eastern Domnas) [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] and an Alexandrian [IMG]
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1678868
Same dies. Same strike. Same flan shape. Same flaws. If not the same coin then one or both are cast fakes. [ATTACH]
Draped.... [IMG]
It's a nice example of the type. I have owned many from this series. [IMG] and the earlier ones. [IMG]
Like these.... Obv match? [IMG] Similar but different? [IMG] I don't think that either is a reverse die match though.
Fascinating coins Doug. I have the obverse die of your last example (the ADIABENIC) down as an IMP II. I haven't seen that reverse for IMP II...
Well my last coin purchase of the year has turned out to be one that I would not normally do. I didn't check my records befor buying this latest...
Here is a match... from the Forvm AC Fake reports [IMG]
Image uploaded to thead for ease of use. [ATTACH]
This one just arrived today and I dug up this thread to allow me to share it. [IMG]
Portrait is Antoninus Pius.
I see nothing from the image of the OP to cause me any concern. It is impossible to state that a coins is authentic from an image alone however.
Here are the next two from the same fake studio.... [IMG] [IMG]
Nice ones. I don't have any of his crowns, my earliest is William III,
Congratulations. It's nice to see other people chasing upgrades too....
I have been looking at my example under a loupe. It doesn't have the immediate "soapy" feeling that you get with most casts. I have made quite a...
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