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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 2059327, member: 25357&quot;]It looks very clean, well centered and struck with almost too much detail to be authentic. The edges look modern, too clean and almost perfectly circular, which is a great rarity among Roman coinage in my&nbsp; somewhat limited experience. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are also some grooves in a circular pattern on the fields that are a matter of concern.&nbsp; I&#039;m no expert of fakes or modern reproductions but I&#039;m guessing this might be one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of links that will help you identify fakes and/or modern reproductions and determine of your coin is authentic.&nbsp; Good luck!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fake.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fake.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fake.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mindspring.com/~kroh/Empirecoins/fakes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mindspring.com/~kroh/Empirecoins/fakes.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mindspring.com/~kroh/Empirecoins/fakes.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my Nerva as an example to compare/contrast.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]379553[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]379554[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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