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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 3122789, member: 10613&quot;]The first problem with the coin is that it does not look right. It is not terribly bad, but if you are familiar with Constantine&#039;s portraits from Constantinople it is a bit off. For comparison, below is a genuine example that sold the same week that the fake example was initially offered on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794948[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You don&#039;t have to compare only SPES portraits to get an idea. The SPES coinage was struck at the same time as a whole series of new types for Constantine- GLORIA EXERCITVS, GLORIA ROMANORVM and LIBERTAS PVBLICA; which all have the same bust types and probably even share some obverse dies. These are all laureate, they also come in diademed flavors.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/asst/GLORIA%20EXERCITVS%20Constantinople%2016.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/asst2/GLORIA%20ROMANORVM_%20Constantinople17.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/asst2/Libertas%20Con%2018.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>there are some issues with the fake like the Chi-Rho is attached to the standard. On every genuine example that I remember seeing, there is a small gap between the Chi-Rho and banner; though perhaps this is not always the case. The biggest giveaway in this circumstance, was that I remembered this coin being offered on eBay by a known fakeseller. The other examples turned up a little later, and rare coins do have die matches, but when so many turn up in a short time span, it is a huge red flag.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as a database, I have a topic on my LRBC forum from 2015 about this exact coin and FAC also has the original eBay picture of this coin and a later auction picture of it, attached below, which looks like your image.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794950[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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