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Valued Member
United States
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Just bought this coin.I went for it for its large size it seems to be about 1.75 inches going by ruler in the picture.About the size of a silver dollar.Does anyone know who this is? thanks Joseph  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As this is a family friendly site ... will some one please tell me what the reverse is all about?
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 United States
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This does not appear to be a real coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
549 Posts |
It is some modern fantasy piece, not ancient.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3499 Posts |
Yes, I would have to agree that just the surface texture of the obverse and questionable toning leads me to believe that this is a modern fantasy.
However, the fact that the reverse image has been removed from this "family friendly site" makes me wonder just what was featured on the revere. haha
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02/09/2014 12:46 am
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Australia
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It may perhaps be loosely based on a certain kind of Roman token, but such tokens are usually quarter-sized or smaller. The cast, sandy appearance and pale green "patina' are very typical of artificially aged modern "tourist coins".
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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Valued Member
 United States
234 Posts |
I have not received this coin yet so for $10.00 I paid it wasn't a giant mistake.I thought the reverse was Nilus reclining since I have large coins like this but I guess I was wrong.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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From what I see of the obverse (and only the obverse) it looks odd. Not odd in a provincial naivety odd, but in a modern fake odd.
Seeing the reverse would have given a better idea.
That this is a "family friendly site" is commendable, but this policy clashes with numismatics, especially ancient numismatics, where nude figures often feature on the reverses of such coins.
And for that reason this policy curtails the understanding of ancient numismatics here.
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United States
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We encourage young collectors to join this forum, some of these folks are as young as 10 or 11 years old. If I were a parent I wouldn't want my child to see sexually explicit images. Sadly some ancient coins tend to be just that. As adults we view the coin as art, young people do not. So these images can not be allowed. If you really need to see the image to determine if its a real coin or not, you can always PM the posted to e-mail you the image.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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However, the fact that the reverse image has been removed from this "family friendly site" makes me wonder just what was featured on the revere. haha Very poor vague image was more or less about a private moment. |
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Posted 02/08/2014 8:53 pm
