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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3636120, member: 85693&quot;]So what do you think of this 31mm beauty?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]975712[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]975715[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note those surfaces:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]975716[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Before you hit that &quot;thumbs down&quot; button, I already figured out it isn&#039;t ancient.&nbsp; If for no other reason, it only weighs 18 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I started poking around (before and after I bought it) looking for fakes.&nbsp; Fakes abound, but the modern ones are quite obvious, even to me.&nbsp; What it <i>seems</i> to be - and I welcome corrections - is a Paduan by Da Cavino.&nbsp; There are quite a few examples online, both 1500s and restrikes into the 19th century, and they seem to die-match my example.&nbsp; But most of these are rounder, and do not have the signs of long-term burial like my example.&nbsp; I see no casting seam on the edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are four Claudius arch Paduans listed in acsearch:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Paduan+claudius+arch&amp;category=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Paduan+claudius+arch&amp;category=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Paduan+claudius+arch&amp;category=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is how I attributed it for the flip:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Claudius&nbsp; Æ Sestertius/Medal</b></p><p><b>Paduan copy by Da Cavino</b></p><p><b>(50-54 A.D. type; 1500-1570 <b>or later 19th C. restrike?) </b></b></p><p>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right / NERO CLAVDIVS</p><p>DRVSVS GERMAN IMP, S C Arch of Drusus with statue.</p><p>RIC 114 type (Paduan copy)</p><p>(18.16 grams / 31 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>So am I on the right track here?&nbsp; I have about 2 hours Internet surfing &quot;expertise&quot; on Paduans.&nbsp; Or is it modern junk, a copy of a copy of a copy tarted-up to look old?</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help, opinions, corrections, etc. would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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