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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Not got my eye in yet   Don't know size or weight.
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Moderator
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
That was my second guess! Thank you echizenko.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3444 Posts |
Does not look right to me at all. Bulgarian ?
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
What makes you think that?
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
I agree, I also think it's a fake. It looks too good and the patina just doesn't look right.
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
He has a lot of "clean" coins that look very nice. Posting the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-BRONZ...em257fd3530aHas offered a couple of silver items but I dont have the details yet. Would value your opinions before making an offer. Says he is a detectorist.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4973 Posts |
i don't know, some of the other coins look fine...but if not sure, let it go.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
549 Posts |
I think it is a modern fake.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Before reading any comments, I found that the style looked looked 'off' both for Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. The crack looks quite genuine for a struck coin. Therefore, a die struck fake.
If I could have bought it for less than $5, it would have gone into my 'black' collection.
Edited by sel_69l 07/08/2013 10:13 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
946 Posts |
Like the sellers info of: Quote: ON REVERSE THE HEAD HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF DUE TO ? CHANGE OF RULER ! . Much better than stating "a botched reverse due to the die being made from a Cast of a real coin that had the Patina damaged on that section." 
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Does that mean he was executed? 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3444 Posts |
No it means they went 'metric'. This one gets a high grade "NFG 65"
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