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<p>[QUOTE="ashbel73, post: 7676950, member: 121365"]Hello Comrades and apologies for being a bit late with this post on the matter! While trying to get rid of my pitiful collection of Imperial Romans, I have just re-discovered this coin (sorry for the drops, could not figure out how to attach pics) which I bought some 15 years ago from a local coin dealer. That gent was not a specialist in ancient coins either, so we stroke a deal that satisfied us both by the pleasure of negotiating. Now, I can not find any other example or mentioning of this particular type, so that naturally, I was wondering if this is just another trick of the Easter European smiths, or a genuine discovery of the new coin type? The oxidation, patina, striking etc. all look fine to me, but I am not an expert in Roman coins and iconography, nor in the Bulgarian forgeries. Any idea on what it could be? Cheers, Alex</p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3e4n17ryspzlz2/DSCF2670.JPG?dl=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3e4n17ryspzlz2/DSCF2670.JPG?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3e4n17ryspzlz2/DSCF2670.JPG?dl=0</a></p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngggmjz3fdibolt/DSCF2671.JPG?dl=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngggmjz3fdibolt/DSCF2671.JPG?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngggmjz3fdibolt/DSCF2671.JPG?dl=0</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ashbel73, post: 7676950, member: 121365"]Hello Comrades and apologies for being a bit late with this post on the matter! While trying to get rid of my pitiful collection of Imperial Romans, I have just re-discovered this coin (sorry for the drops, could not figure out how to attach pics) which I bought some 15 years ago from a local coin dealer. That gent was not a specialist in ancient coins either, so we stroke a deal that satisfied us both by the pleasure of negotiating. Now, I can not find any other example or mentioning of this particular type, so that naturally, I was wondering if this is just another trick of the Easter European smiths, or a genuine discovery of the new coin type? The oxidation, patina, striking etc. all look fine to me, but I am not an expert in Roman coins and iconography, nor in the Bulgarian forgeries. Any idea on what it could be? Cheers, Alex [URL]https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3e4n17ryspzlz2/DSCF2670.JPG?dl=0[/URL] [URL]https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngggmjz3fdibolt/DSCF2671.JPG?dl=0[/URL][/QUOTE]
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