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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2988797, member: 76086&quot;]There is a difference between ancient counterfeits and &#039;barbarous&#039; coins.&nbsp; Counterfeits were meant to fool everyone, and as such your coin does not fall into that category.&nbsp; Barbarous coins however are a different beast.&nbsp; They can take many forms from simple stick figures to near perfect copies.&nbsp; I would suggest yours is barbarous, meant to be used where it was made, likely out of necessity due to a lack of local coinage.&nbsp; I have no problems with the patina as it appears in your photo.&nbsp; I dont collect them per se, but I do have this Claudius Sestertius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]736847[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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