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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2086461, member: 19463"]The Bursio type is one that has a hundred varieties separated by the minor device just left of the trident on the obverse. If you look at all of the Forgery Network items you will see many of this device (but what is it?) and a few others which might not hurt to memorize. Of course if the coin is a cast of a genuine original someone might have the original but it is better to consider all the clones and the original as a group and avoid them. </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is one that does not have a number or letters over the horses on the reverse. There are many that do and do not. Both of mine are from the lettered series. Several of the obverse devices are not clear to my eye but my scorpion is. [ATTACH=full]389739[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not know what the symbol is on the other. This was shown recently as a weight adjusted flan coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]389740[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2086461, member: 19463"]The Bursio type is one that has a hundred varieties separated by the minor device just left of the trident on the obverse. If you look at all of the Forgery Network items you will see many of this device (but what is it?) and a few others which might not hurt to memorize. Of course if the coin is a cast of a genuine original someone might have the original but it is better to consider all the clones and the original as a group and avoid them. This one is one that does not have a number or letters over the horses on the reverse. There are many that do and do not. Both of mine are from the lettered series. Several of the obverse devices are not clear to my eye but my scorpion is. [ATTACH=full]389739[/ATTACH] I do not know what the symbol is on the other. This was shown recently as a weight adjusted flan coin. [ATTACH=full]389740[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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