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<p>[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 2435116, member: 37707"]Is this a Pecunem coin? it looks like one of their photographs. Regardless if it is authentic or not, it appears to be struck, with splay lines on several points of interest (most noticeable just right of the laureate and above Salus' head). If authentic, heavy tooling around (C)"OS II PP?" The style seems off; specifically the nose and eye. It appears to have an Egyptian/Persian feel, IMO; although I know (if authentic) it's supposed to have been struck in Rome. Comparatively, I would say it is not authentic. Let the crowd of other "L AVREL COMMODVS AVG" Commodus with Salus Seated Denarii be your judge.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/pics/commodus_004.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.sixbid.com/images/auction_images/376/335573l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://department.monm.edu/classics/COINS/data/id/comm/comm050.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/2490346.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/2020323.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note: I stopped bidding in Pecunem auctions last year. They had several obvious forgeries in nearly every auction; with a common fabric amongst most of those forgeries. The Fabric on OP coin matches, unfortunately.</p><p><br /></p><p>-Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 2435116, member: 37707"]Is this a Pecunem coin? it looks like one of their photographs. Regardless if it is authentic or not, it appears to be struck, with splay lines on several points of interest (most noticeable just right of the laureate and above Salus' head). If authentic, heavy tooling around (C)"OS II PP?" The style seems off; specifically the nose and eye. It appears to have an Egyptian/Persian feel, IMO; although I know (if authentic) it's supposed to have been struck in Rome. Comparatively, I would say it is not authentic. Let the crowd of other "L AVREL COMMODVS AVG" Commodus with Salus Seated Denarii be your judge. [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/pics/commodus_004.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.sixbid.com/images/auction_images/376/335573l.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://department.monm.edu/classics/COINS/data/id/comm/comm050.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/2490346.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/2020323.jpg[/IMG] Note: I stopped bidding in Pecunem auctions last year. They had several obvious forgeries in nearly every auction; with a common fabric amongst most of those forgeries. The Fabric on OP coin matches, unfortunately. -Michael[/QUOTE]
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