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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 3023034, member: 42634&quot;]Hey everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I need some input on this coin.&nbsp; I recently picked this up in a lot of coins (I posted it in Ancient Aussie&#039;s&nbsp; &quot;ebay bargains thread&quot; here...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/still-some-bargains-to-be-had-on-ebay.312390/page-2#post-3016568" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/still-some-bargains-to-be-had-on-ebay.312390/page-2#post-3016568">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/still-some-bargains-to-be-had-on-ebay.312390/page-2#post-3016568</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m getting around to doing individual pics of the coins, and several things about this coin struck me as unusual.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my new pic of the coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]752110[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>#1 One, it&#039;s in high relief and pretty thick.&nbsp; Just seemed strange to me.&nbsp; &nbsp; Then again, I only have a few tetrach coins to compare it to, and looking at similar coins online at acsearch, it seems my weight is ok. (It is 25 mm and <b>10.1g</b>)&nbsp; This one is very similar...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1025745" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1025745" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1025745</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>#2 I did find similar fake coins of Diocletian from Aquileia on forums fake coin list that were modern Eastern European forgeries, but none of Galerius...but dang, they looked close in style.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER]&nbsp; submitted....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=46&amp;pos=57" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=46&amp;pos=57" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=46&amp;pos=57</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>#3 It has a faint seam on portions of the edge, but no blatant signs of filing.&nbsp; Here is the best I can do with an edge pic.&nbsp; Also shows how thick the coin is and the high relief to some extent!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]752111[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#4 Why do both sides&nbsp; have tiny lines on them?&nbsp; Look on the face of Galerius and&nbsp; the bottom of the reverse (two small ones at top also).&nbsp; I thought they were cracks on the sellers pic, but they are little &quot;seams&quot; in the coin. That is strange isn&#039;t it?&nbsp;&nbsp; Like little die breaks?&nbsp; I just don&#039;t remember seeing something like that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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