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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 2641565, member: 80804&quot;]It looks perfectly OK to me as well.&nbsp; It is a very common type, overall, and not one which lends itself well to faking since the symbolism on the reverse is pretty much lost on modern eyes.&nbsp; Not to say that common coins are never faked, but in general, the payoff for doing a really seriously believable job is far greater with other, more famous types or coins which obviously can be related to some well-known historical person, event or recorded moment offer the forger a far better rate of return. </p><p>For whatever help it may be, this is another follis from the same mint at just about the same time (the same officina or workshop, even) for Constantine&#039;s &quot;collegial antagonist&quot;, Licinius I.&nbsp; I don&#039;t seem to have a prepared photo of a Constantine I from Siscia of this exact era:<img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album162/H_11_L_I_IoviCons_Siscia_follis.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>As you can probably see, there are both similarities and differences.&nbsp; For huge, inflationary issues like this, dozens at least - perhaps hundreds - of engravers were preparing dies to the same pattern so there can be relatively major stylistic differences in authentic coins of the same type from the same mint. You can see a selection of IOVI CONSERVATORI types on this page - and a few on the previous page - <a href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album162?page=4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album162?page=4" rel="nofollow">http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album162?page=4</a></p><p>Hopefully, this will allay your fears a bit in terms of your coin&#039;s authenticity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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