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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 7973937, member: 31620&quot;][USER=116854]@wittwolf[/USER] It isn&#039;t just fakes of this type but of these exact dies. These were struck from modern (transfer?) dies and thus the off-centre strike is not a useful tell that they are ancient. Here is an image of a batch of these fakes and your reverse die can be seen on the top left and is even more off-centre. Your obverse die can be seen again in this image (bottom centre). These were made &quot;silvered&quot; as below but also from a more copper based fabric as seen on your coin which is another &quot;tell&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been keeping an eye on these since they emerged on the market.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/11686/Lote_antoninianos_Caro_y_Probo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the same obverse die (Rome mint) mated with a reverse from Serdica, which is of course impossible</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/Probus_02.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And here with a reverse of either Carus or Carinus from Antioch</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/Probus_03.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And with a reverse of Aurelian?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/Probus_05.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>and Probus? reverse from Antioch</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/Probus_07.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Another Serdica combination - note the small flan</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/Probus_09.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>And like yours</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/Probus_04.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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