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Vespasian From Same Batch

 
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 Posted 03/27/2023  08:01 am Show Profile   Check MetDet71's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add MetDet71 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Can't seem to find a match for this, seems to have a Vespasian obverse with Romulus and Remus reverse as found on Domitian coins.

18mm and weight is 4.00 grams. Could it be a forgery from the time? Or is it just me that can't find it?




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 Posted 03/27/2023  08:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Mule? Modern fake? Here's one from the fake reports. Sadly, pic is tiny.


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 Posted 03/27/2023  08:18 am  Show Profile   Check MetDet71's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add MetDet71 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Would have to go with modern fake looking at that.
Will get the return policy ready lol.
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 Posted 03/28/2023  04:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add maridvnvm to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
These have been knocking around for over 10 years.
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 Posted 03/28/2023  06:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Spotted a couple more from fake reports.


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 Posted 03/28/2023  06:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Both coins may have well have come from the same die pair, fake or genuine.
That is how ancient coins are date arranged, that is, by die linking studies, based on the style of the die cutting.
In this case, style appears to be exactly the same.

IMO, the fake coin pictured appears to be fake, for three reasons:
1. - the coin looks to be far too evenly round, with no radial splits.
2. - the flan splits on OP's coin appear to be genuine.
----- to confirm, closely examine inside the splits with a 10x loupe, looking for tensile metal distress
XRF testing inside these splits may help to confirm if fake or not.
3. - color and texture of surfaces on OP's coin and fake appear to be quite different.

By appearance, the fake looks to be centrifugally pressure die cast, which is why casting roughness or evidence of bubbles cannot be seen, but reverse details appear to be slightly 'mushy', commonly found on first and second generation copies from original.
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03/28/2023 9:11 pm
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 Posted 03/29/2023  8:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add travelcoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
the flan splits on OP's coin appear to be genuine.
Buuuut since it matches the known fakes, I would return it. Yes Bob possibly the mule who knows. I wouldn't take the chance.
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