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Pillar of the Community
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Greeck ! Cool ! Don't you know anything about the date ?I suspect coul not be roman because the Romans coin was most rounded whit rim !
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04/02/2011 7:57 pm
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I believe it's a reproduction. The lettering on the obverse is too modern-looking and the devices don't look right to me.. but wait for one of our resident experts to be sure  |
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Canada
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It really looks like a reproduction but like the others, I don't have enough experience to confirm that. BTW, if real, it'll be more like a 18 centuries old, not a couple of centuries.  |
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The obverse portrait does look like something from the Constantinian era but the reverse doesn't look Roman at all.
I don't know a lot, so it will be interesting to here what some others who do, have to say about it.
If it is a Roman issue it's a lot older than a couple of centuries. Try 16 or 17.
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04/02/2011 8:50 pm
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United States
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If real it ll be my oldest coin for sure and how can I find out about the date ? I related to be roman from Constantine because we know Constantine emperor is the one knowed for Christian simbols as a ruler after he embrace the christanism in his life !
May be greeck as someone said above be ause I saw numerous greeck coins with complex shapes like this one ! But I have no clue what I'm talking about lol!Btw why would someone make a replica so wird looking like ? Anyway it looks old in my hands could had been preserved in someone's collection so that's why is in such good grade but I'm not expert .
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04/02/2011 9:07 pm
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Constantine (I) and his family members were Emperors of the Roman empire and had coins minted from about AD 307 to 361. But a coin may have been minted when they were Generals in the military, in a far away place, before they became Emperor.? With ancients coins exact dates are very, very hard to find. You can find out a lot about ancient roman coins here: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ |
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Sorry to say but this is a resent fake.
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Yep, it's a fake. The reverse is copied off of a Judaean coin from the time of Nero, several centuries before the reign of Constantine; see this example on Wildwinds. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United States
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I happen to have the same exact coin. It is in exactly the same condition. I found mine stuck to the back of an old Wheat penny. I would like to know if you found out anything more about it. Thank you. |
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 to the community There really isn't much to say about it other than it's a modern fake and not worth anything. |
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I found this coin in our family drive way probably in the 70s and was wondering what the heck. Tonight I am home visiting family and decided to do some searching. :) NOW I know why I found it where I did. I'm still going to keep it. HAHA   |
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Posted 04/02/2011 8:14 pm
The Jackpot of Fakes
