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I actually just remembered I have another fouree of Antony with the same reverse as your Marius. Much easier to tell in hand that it is the two...
Sorry ancient fakes. They are contemporary with the real coin or within a few years or decades. Some have mismatched obverse and reverses that...
You are correct. Both coins are ancient imitations. Fouree is an elegant way of saying plated :).
Nice find! Not sure if the other volumes rate coins the same way but in RIC II for the Flavians a (C) actually means scarce, C2 and C3 are common...
Which patina is applied? The "desert patina" or the green patina? Looks natural to me. Nice coin!
Club is known as a control mark https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4241153
I'm not so sure it's bronze disease. Is it powdery? These tet's usually have green surfaces.
Here's a few of mine with one of each of the Flavians: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Philip I Sestertius IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG Laureate bust right...
Looks like a naturally worn coin to me. I don't think it has been tooled or repatinated.
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What's he consensus, was the coin reduced in weight before or after striking? Some appear before others after...
Holy smokes!
Love that Samnium!
Just got around to taking new pictures of some older coins. In honor of Steve here are 2 sweet Septimius Severus denarii with really nice...
Nice one David, as I commented on Forum I have a republican issue I believe to be weight adjusted but the gouge is smoother....
The connections for Antony are incredible. You could do a whole collection of his extended family...for a while I tried but gave up...:)
I need an Otho denarius, I just have the Syrian tetradrachm, nice coins everyone!
Do you think a soldering iron would get it hot enough? Or just do what TIF said...
I'll play along with Antony's relatives both before and after him. I'll start with his grandfather: [ATTACH] Bowcase flanked by two serpents,...
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