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petterkr Valued Member Norway 123 Posts	Posted 10/18/2021 6:08 pm I could use som help with this one...2.46 g. Report this Post to the Staff

travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 10/18/2021 6:18 pm Vitellius Denarius. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / LIBERTAS RESTITVTA, Libertas, draped, standing facing holding pileus and long rod. Obviously, taking an educated guess as the legends and reverse is worn. Others can chime in. Edited by travelcoin 10/18/2021 6:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 10/18/2021 6:47 pm Vitellius. Beware: Fakes exist of this scarce Emperor. This one looks reasonably good. A long time ago, I was deceived by a fake example of a Vitellius denarius. The portrait very similar to this one. A dealer pointed out to me what was wrong with it. I gave it to him to add to his reference collection of fake Roman coins. Compare with Google Images: 'Vitellius denarius'. Edited by sel_69l 10/18/2021 6:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 10/18/2021 8:27 pm Well here is a coin that I sold and was returned to me over a year ago and I was told by the buyer, great guy, that "Brad Bowlin, Stephen Burton and Eric Kondratieff" all believed it was a modern fake. 17 mm, 2.08 grams. So this one is in the black box as a fake forever but you might want to run your by someone like that and get their opinion as I steer clear of the emperor in that condition of mine and yours is very rough as well. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 10/19/2021 09:16 am Look inside the radial crack at 10;30 reverse, it should display signs of tensile metal distress, looking for rough surface inside the crack; cast cannot reproduce the rough surface. Calgary Coin (Canada) produced an excellent 96 page tutorial on how to identify fakes of ancient coins. (copyright) Have a talk to them. Report this Post to the Staff
JohnConduitt Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 725 Posts	Posted 10/19/2021 11:53 am Yes I would agree LIBERTAS RESTITVTA. There aren't any other standing figures it could be on a denarius. It seems to be RIC 105 as the obverse legend has 'AVG' http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).vit.105 A lot of Vitellius denarii are very worn. At that time, Emperors were not debasing the currency (and melting it down), so coins remained in circulation a long time. I have a genuine Vitellius that is very worn as it circulated for 120 years or so. Vitellius Denarius, 69 Rome. Silver, 18x20mm, 3.1g. A VITELLIVS GERMAN IMP TR P. Victory seated left, holding patera in right hand and palm branch in left, no legend (RIC 88). Report this Post to the Staff
petterkr Valued Member Norway 123 Posts	Posted 10/21/2021 6:21 pm Thank you all. I think RIC 105 is correct when twisting and turning a bit on the reverse Report this Post to the Staff
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