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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2471762, member: 19463"]In 2008, the same photo appeared and someone called it a Provincial of the Flavian Domitian:</p><p><a href="http://b.zezelu.co/coins/31748.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://b.zezelu.co/coins/31748.php" rel="nofollow">http://b.zezelu.co/coins/31748.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I see there were Provincials of Domitian with Latin obverse and Greek reverses but the one listed in Sear from Sebaste has Latin language titles while this one uses Latin letters to spell the Greek title AVTOKPA(TOP). I do not know the ID for the coin but believe it is most likely a genuine coin of the first century AD. It most certainly is nothing related to the later usurper. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the sort of coin I would buy for educational value but the price I'd pay is closer to $10. The 2008 posting suggests someone has owned the coin for a long time and refuses to give up on their fantasy. There was a time that such a listing on vCoins might have been policed by their management but that job may no longer exist no that Barry Murphy left for NGC. If there is someone who believes in vCoins and has any responsibility for its reputation, this listing should be reported to them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2471762, member: 19463"]In 2008, the same photo appeared and someone called it a Provincial of the Flavian Domitian: [url]http://b.zezelu.co/coins/31748.php[/url] I see there were Provincials of Domitian with Latin obverse and Greek reverses but the one listed in Sear from Sebaste has Latin language titles while this one uses Latin letters to spell the Greek title AVTOKPA(TOP). I do not know the ID for the coin but believe it is most likely a genuine coin of the first century AD. It most certainly is nothing related to the later usurper. This is the sort of coin I would buy for educational value but the price I'd pay is closer to $10. The 2008 posting suggests someone has owned the coin for a long time and refuses to give up on their fantasy. There was a time that such a listing on vCoins might have been policed by their management but that job may no longer exist no that Barry Murphy left for NGC. If there is someone who believes in vCoins and has any responsibility for its reputation, this listing should be reported to them.[/QUOTE]
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