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Did you find or buy this piece? If you bought it, where did it come from? The more I look at this piece the more
I feel it's a recent fakes from Eastern Europe.
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I took a look at this sellers coins, while there are a few that appear to be OK. Most IMO look fake.
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Thank you for your time! :)
Which piece do you think it is fake?
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Lets put it this way, one or two of the late Roman coins looked OK. The medieval coins I don't know a lot about but from what I saw I have doubts that many if any of them are real.
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Understand! :) Medieval coins of this seller is looked OK!
After I paid, I asked the seller, and He said 100 % this coin is contemporary! :) But of course if it is a fake and He knows that, maybe He won't tell the truth!
I tried to catch this coin on fake reports, but I not found it. This is a very characteristic coin, I think if it is a fake, similar item must turn up soon!
The price was around 28 $ so it wasn't that expensive!
I hope when I will have the coin in my hand, we can decide! :)
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 The upper is from http://www.numismall.com "Rare barbarous VOT XX follis imitation of Constantine I (307-337 AD)" Not exactly the same, but very similar! What do you think? |
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I've done business with Alex in the past and trust what he has to sell. The coins do look similar but I still am not comfortable to say that yours is a legit. I've been wrong many times in the past so don't take my word for it, lets see what others have to say.
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Pillar of the Community
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The two coins are similar, but not from the same die. Notice the position of the ribbon on Constantine's neck. The T in "V T" also is different on the two coins.
Are the leters S in Constantine's name backwards on your coin as they are on the other example?
I think both are nice imitatives.
Paul Bulgerin
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I just win the auction yesterday, the coin will arrive this week I think, so I have only this 2 pictures from it now! :) Thank you all of you for your comments! I learn a lot here in this forum!  Paul, you wrote you collect imitatives, can you show me some of yours? Because I like them! (And sorry for my bad grammar!)  Edited by Baltas
05/05/2014 3:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I believe both of these coins to be ancient. I have no reason to believe otherwise.
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Now that I see better pictures of the coin, I have to change my first impression. I agree the coin is not a recent copy.
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Thank you guys! I am happy it is not a copy!  |
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