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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8112624, member: 128351&quot;]I have a bizarre Domitian. </p><p>It is in bronze, looks like an as, but is a monster.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411562[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411563[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>AE 26 mm, 7.40 g</p><p>Obv.: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PM, but counter-clockwise! laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: eagle on globe, S C. </p><p>In fact the reverse is like an as of Vespasian, and the obverse like Domitian&#039;s silver and gold coins of 81-82 AD, just larger, but not at all like his bronze coins. </p><p>The patina seems OK. If this is a modern fake, the style is good and the patina really well-made ! But why a forger so talented would he create such a monster? </p><p><br /></p><p>Or maybe an ancient imitation? I&#039;ve never seen a parallel specimen, or a bronze Domitian with a counter-clockwise legend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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