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New Member
Belgium
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please help me identify this ancient roman times token  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Moderator
 Australia
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Thats... very odd. It appears to be made of lead, so it's not a coin, and the reverse is unlike any Roman coin I've ever seen. The obverse portrait is bearded, which pretty much dates the piece to the period 100-300 AD, but I'm thinking the portraiture is too crude to be able to ID the emperor by it. And unfortunately both the obverse legend and the reverse inscription are too incomplete to read.
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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Moderator
United States
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I agree, Very interesting piece that does appear to be ancient. Did you dig this up? Maybe someone over in the Ancient coin section may have seen one of these before.
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New Member
 Belgium
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Found out more : the original is a huge Commodus medaillon, this is probably a medieval or modern cast -fake-
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Commodus, AE42 Medallion, Rome. ca 191 AD. 58.90 gr. M COMMODVS ANTONINVS PIVS FELIX AVG BRIT, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left / VOTIS FELICIBVS, Harbor at Ostia with emperor standing at right, before a tripod, accompanied by a priest; lighthouse at right; in foreground, a sacrificed bull. At left, ship under sail with Serapis seated in stern; four other ships above and below. Gnecchi 174; Cohen 993.
If it is a cast copy I suspect it is still an old one !
What is the diameter and weight ?
Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS
05/23/2013 2:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Mighty cool! Id be happy to own something like that, modern or otherwise! If you're lookign to move it on, PM me!
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
I knew someone here would be able to ID it. Great job FR.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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This is what an original medallion of the type looks like:-  |
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Moderator
United States
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Is this yours? Love the reverse design.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
I found the example I illustrated on acsearch which sold for over $11,000.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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See without the Roman knowledge you guys have I would have placed the piece later as the portrait reminded me of Julian II.
Yall got some skills.
Edited by Ancientnoob
05/23/2013 4:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My first thought was Julian and it does look 4th century doesn't it. But I thought it must be someone with an extraordinarily high opinion of himself and I came up with Commodus. I double checked the posting and 'Rudi' had the ID already so I merely checked Wildwinds and it is the first listing. Easiest search I ever made. I think the coin looks good. If it were faked they would have made it bigger (still have no specs) but it looks like it is old. Very old. I would not bet against it !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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oh wow, I've never seen anything like that before...that's great.
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