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<p>[QUOTE="sand, post: 7521591, member: 118540"]Hello. After admiring all of the coins in the recent Justinian I thread, I became motivated to ask about the authenticity of my Justinian I coins. Here are my 4 Justinian I pieces. The 4th coin is a fake. Comments, even just general impressions or gut feelings, on the authenticity of all of the coins, are welcome, although I know it's hard to judge, from just photos, and no photos of the edges of the coins. The edges of Coins 1 through 3 look fine to me, no file marks, no casting seams, etc. The definite fake (Coin 4) coin's edge has file marks on it. I've only been collecting ancients for about 2 years. I'm still not great at detecting fakes, although I'm slowly getting better, I hope. In the last year or so, I have gotten better, at finding trustworthy dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 1 : Nikomedia Mint, Regnal Year = 12, Maximum Diameter = 44 mm, Weight = 21.73 grams.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299041[/ATTACH]</p><p>Coin 2 : Nikomedia Mint, Regnal Year = 16, Maximum Diameter = 34 mm, Weight = 19.73 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299043[/ATTACH] </p><p>Coin 3 : Nikomedia Mint, Regnal Year = 14, Maximum Diameter = 40 mm, Weight = 21.53 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299044[/ATTACH] </p><p>Coin 4 : FAKE! : Nikomedia Mint, Regnal Year = 12, Maximum Diameter = 45 mm, Weight = 17.67 grams. This was the first Justinian I coin I bought, before I learned to consult fake coin reports. It's a very common cast fake, from the late 20th century. I've since seen many other copies of it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299045[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sand, post: 7521591, member: 118540"]Hello. After admiring all of the coins in the recent Justinian I thread, I became motivated to ask about the authenticity of my Justinian I coins. Here are my 4 Justinian I pieces. The 4th coin is a fake. Comments, even just general impressions or gut feelings, on the authenticity of all of the coins, are welcome, although I know it's hard to judge, from just photos, and no photos of the edges of the coins. The edges of Coins 1 through 3 look fine to me, no file marks, no casting seams, etc. The definite fake (Coin 4) coin's edge has file marks on it. I've only been collecting ancients for about 2 years. I'm still not great at detecting fakes, although I'm slowly getting better, I hope. In the last year or so, I have gotten better, at finding trustworthy dealers. Coin 1 : Nikomedia Mint, Regnal Year = 12, Maximum Diameter = 44 mm, Weight = 21.73 grams. [ATTACH=full]1299041[/ATTACH] Coin 2 : Nikomedia Mint, Regnal Year = 16, Maximum Diameter = 34 mm, Weight = 19.73 grams [ATTACH=full]1299043[/ATTACH] Coin 3 : Nikomedia Mint, Regnal Year = 14, Maximum Diameter = 40 mm, Weight = 21.53 grams [ATTACH=full]1299044[/ATTACH] Coin 4 : FAKE! : Nikomedia Mint, Regnal Year = 12, Maximum Diameter = 45 mm, Weight = 17.67 grams. This was the first Justinian I coin I bought, before I learned to consult fake coin reports. It's a very common cast fake, from the late 20th century. I've since seen many other copies of it. [ATTACH=full]1299045[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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