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New Member
Latvia
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Dear experts, why does portrait on this particular piece hardly match any other similar coin portraits of Severus Alexander with Annona on reverse? Thanks for any input.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The legend also looks very odd to me style-wise.
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Valued Member
United States
168 Posts |
Can you take a picture of the edge?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not sure, but to me everything looks right. The portrait is somewhat different, but the legend looks about the same as this one on wildwinds: http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/seve...RIC_0133.jpgI own a few Sev Alexander coins, and each of the portraits look a little different from the other. The only thing that concerns me about the OP coin is what appears to be a nice circular flan. Perhaps too circular? Call me crazy, but I think there is nothing wrong with this coin. |
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Moderator
 United States
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Maybe it's just the picture, but I have some doubts. The bust doesn't concern me but the letters in the legend just don't look right to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
567 Posts |
Letters on Roman coin dies were cut with punches. The lines would not be as variable and curved as this. I don't want to be the one who says the "f" word.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Does the outer edge of the flan seem very round?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
567 Posts |
Yes, a little too round. I like how they tried to squeeze all of the letters above the portrait. Poor Homonia looks like a ghost.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
Take a look at the example I linked from wildwinds. The same type of squeeze of the letters on that coin. Just sayin'....
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
There are some detail on the reverse of the OP coin that don't match the wildwinds example. The bucket is different and lines on Annona's robe is not as defined and is more corse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
True, but I was only comparing the legend of the two coins. They seem to be very similar, don't they?
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Valued Member
Serbia (Srbija)
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
I can be wrong, I often am. The letters do look similar to the example on wildwinds. But IMO the ones on the OP coin still look a bit off. I hope the coin turns out to be real, but from the pictures I have my doubts that it is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Letters on Roman coin dies were cut with punches. I can not agree with that by any means but the style of letters and portrait suggest this is unofficial. Whether it is ancient or modern, I can not say. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I don't think this is offical based on lettering, portrait style or depiction of Annona. I cannot determine whether ancient or modern either.
Martin
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
I note that the conlusion that it is unofficial has been confirmed on another board by Curtis Clay, who I would think is the leading authority on Severan era coinage.
Martin
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