In circulation, no less! Let’s see your Pacatian, Jotapian, Laelianus (etc.) coins that you found while coin roll hunting!
That's clearly cast. Post a pic with the edge. Also the wear pattern is uneven. On a serious note here is what I noticed yesterday on a local auction site. The guy sells it as a genuine Nero (or Imperatore Nerone, as he likes to call him. We don't even use "Nerone" in this country, I suspect only Italians do). I'll ignore the style of the obverse. But I can't ignore that even a complete noob should realize that on a Nero coin you can't see "37-68 d.C" He wants no more than 700 EUR for this gem.
I literally did find that in my change, just the way you see it. We cashed in the contents of my spare change dish and Ladymarcovan's jar, and to our surprise, there was $94-something in the combined hoard. That piece turned up. I have no recollection of writing the name on it, nor why I did so, but I suspect that would have taken place sometime around the time of the old EID MAR gag.
That's too good to be true. I'm not confident enough to give an expert advice though : I would pass Q
Here is the Usurper NOT found in modern circulation... RI Laelianus CE 269 AE Ant 19mm 3.4g Moguntiacum mint Radiate cuirassed Victory RIC Vb 9 p373 black THIS one was actually found by my Grandmother in circulation during the 60's. Going through her change jar, I found it, being curious, asked about it. She had no clue. She gave it to me, becoming Coin #1 in my collection: US CWT AE Cent 1863 Eagle - Carpeles Dry Goods Groceries Waterloo Wis Coin no 1 This one was on my desk and ALMOST went to circulation, as I had some change laying out that I swept up and gave one of my Granddaughters. That would had been fun to see if someone would had posted it on CT as "found in circulation".
With Google Chrome set to translate everything into English, the Emperor Commodus on French coin websites (i.e., Commode in French) always appears as Emperor Chest of Drawers. I'm used to it by now.
I’m envious. Never had him, of course. Wonderful story! Priceless artifact. Those Arcadius GLORIA ROMANORVM pieces seem to have a knack for escaping into unusual contexts, then!
Nice! It’s a mint error too! Pacatian struck on a Washington Quarter planchet! Definitely gonna bring a big premium.