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lazarus Valued Member Serbia (Srbija) 88 Posts	Posted 09/20/2011 08:48 am What do you think about this coin Edited by lazarus 09/20/2011 5:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/20/2011 4:14 pm Other than being halfed, the coin doesn't look right. It looks like it has been artifically toned. Report this Post to the Staff
lazarus Valued Member Serbia (Srbija) 88 Posts	Posted 09/20/2011 5:23 pm not artificially tinted , was found in that state. near him was found a few with a similar patina Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16877 Posts	Posted 09/21/2011 05:04 am It's not a sestertius - it appears to be a HERCVLI VICTORI type of the Tetrarchy period. Hercules appears to be seated facing, rather than the more usual standing posture, which is only ever found on coins of Maximianus. However, the only such coins I could find were gold ones, like this one, and your coin definitely isn't gold. It appears to be brassy, with a very thin patina - combining that with some weak or missing letters I'd be suspicious of its authenticity, too. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
lazarus Valued Member Serbia (Srbija) 88 Posts	Posted 09/22/2011 2:53 pm diameter was exactly 30 mm and weighs 07.06 grams (half), which means that it is not sester by weight. ABSOLUTELY NOT FAKE. I found something similar on the net but the gold is at stake! perhaps the very rare specimen !! Report this Post to the Staff
lazarus Valued Member Serbia (Srbija) 88 Posts	Posted 09/22/2011 2:55 pm 7.6 grams sorry Report this Post to the Staff
lazarus Valued Member Serbia (Srbija) 88 Posts	Posted 09/27/2011 04:02 am no one can decipher this piece! wow I have a unique piece of Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2899 Posts	Posted 09/27/2011 08:25 am The details on that half coin look far too crude for it to be a genuine Roman coin from the period. It could, of course, be from that era, but I doubt it's an official piece. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Edited by Bacchus2 09/27/2011 08:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
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