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New Member
 Israel
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I will upload hi-res photos of it as soon as I can
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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echizento - The mint mark is consistent with the example from Wildwinds. Whether the coin is authentic or not is another matter.  Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Taking another look at the Wildwinds coin the "blob" on the labarum staff may be the branch on the staff on the Wildwinds example.
Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yes, please do...better pictures may help indeed. I hope I'm wrong and it is genuine...I very well may be. Could you post the weight as well?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Quite a hard one to call from pics alone. My first thoughts are that it doesn't look like an original. It has very soft detail. Better pics, weight, dimension and probably a gravity result would be good.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Valued Member
United States
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The pic is blurry but it's probable that the solidus is just worn and not fake.
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New Member
Israel
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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With the better photos I would also agree that it is an authentic solidus.
The AE on the end of REIPVBLICAE still looks funky to me, but that could be the work of the particular celator who cut the die.
Paul Bulgerin
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Moderator
 United States
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OK, it's a legit MM. Glad to see Ras comment on this one. If he says it's legit that's good enough for me.
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New Member
Israel
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assuming this is a legit solidus, can you guess the grade/value of it?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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All of the best fakes are made from nearly pure gold. Modern 22 ct gold is commonly for this purpose.
The best way to detect a fake under these circumstances is to look for trace elements in the alloy, using X Ray Florescence analysis (XRF), and comparing the alloy mix against a known genuine coin of the same era and mint.
XRF is non destructive, and relavitely cheap to perform.
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New Member
Israel
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do you think I should send it to PCGS or NGC for grading?
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Moderator
United States
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I would recommend having David Sear certify the coin as real. In the case of this coin considering at this point that it is real I would give it a grade of aVF.
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New Member
Israel
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Unfortunatly I live outside of the U.S. , is there any other way?
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