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SobMarley New Member Italy 4 Posts	Posted 11/23/2013 7:29 pm Hello everybody. Some years ago I found in my granda garden some old coin. I'm from Italy and I think is an old coin from the ancient Rome. Can anyone please help me to have more information? Thank you! * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/23/2013 7:37 pm to the community The coin is supposed to be of the emperor Trajan. It could just be the picture but I believe it's a copy. I'm going to move this thread over to the Ancient Coin section for more comments Report this Post to the Staff
Yeoldecoins Valued Member 384 Posts	Posted 11/23/2013 8:22 pm Its a very poor copy of a Trajan....probably meant to fool noone and sold as a tourist token or souvenir, so quite harmless. Report this Post to the Staff
SobMarley New Member Italy 4 Posts	Posted 11/23/2013 8:31 pm Really? From what you can understand is fake? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16851 Posts	Posted 11/23/2013 10:51 pm Quote: From what you can understand is fake? The metal is wrong, for starters - this coin is a brass copy of a silver denarius of Trajan, a Dacia Capta type such as this one. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/23/2013 11:40 pm It's overall appearance isn't right, from the way the bust looks to the style of letters in the legends and details of the reverse image. Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 11/24/2013 5:45 pm Tempted to say a "Tourist Fake". The Bust style is different from the "regular" busts we have seen of Trajan. This has a "Squashed" look to it. However compare to comfirmed genuine examples, such as the one for sale in VCoins: http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/rom...Default.aspx Quote: The metal is wrong, for starters - this coin is a brass copy of a silver denarius of Trajan, a Dacia Capta type such as this one.~Sap This may be due to the light, however I have owned genuine Denarii of Trajan that have a "brassy" tone to them, see the example below, RIC II 349, 2.6 g, 18.2 mm. SobMarley, can you give a weight for that coin? IT) SobMarley, si puÃ² dare un peso per quella moneta? Edited by Masis 11/24/2013 5:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SobMarley New Member Italy 4 Posts	Posted 11/25/2013 06:23 am First of all thanks for all yours answers. Anyway the coin weight 2.8 g. Sound strange somebody will buy a fake coin for put it in my granda garden,even because we own that house since 120 years... Report this Post to the Staff
SobMarley New Member Italy 4 Posts	Posted 12/05/2013 07:03 am up Report this Post to the Staff
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