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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Something very interesting ?  "Or something (sic) is rotten in Denmark" ? |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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on the reverse, in the word virtus, why is the 't' worn
while the letters 'r' and 'u' is still very clear?
HH
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I see two things which make me curious about this one.
One is on the Obv. and one on the Rv.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Moderator
 United States
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Very nice con, I also don't see any thing of special interest.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do the four 'turrets' look odd in any way ?
I may be reading more into this than I should but I still get the feeling that something is 'different' about this piece.
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Moderator
United States
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They do look like soldiers holding shields.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am only questioning this because we seem to have seen high quality fakes of Constantinian ae's of late. Some even going so far as to 'salt' them into group lots of otherwise good coins. The coin seems almost too good. It may only be my paranoia showing but the lettering reminds me of the fake Nero. Looking at some other Arles issues I do not see the forked crowns on the letters I V and N which I see here.
Later Constantine issues are not really my area. I could be completely wrong. I rather hope I am !
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Like I said before: it concerns me, I'm careful with these late roman bronzes, too many fakes are being sold on ebay right now |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Noooooo ....... really ?
The examples I looked at seemed to have block lettering. The letter I having a cap and a base.
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Pillar of the Community
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My response was not to your comment Dutch
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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FVRIVS I think you have a point. It is not a problem I would have noticed myself, I have to be honest. But I have just been through several hundred camp gate LRBs online and a couple of dozen good grade LRBs of my own....not one showed those flow lines. Even saying that, I would not be certain it was an indication that it was fake. I also did a little search to see if anyone else was talking about the presence of flow lines on LRBs being a warning sign and could find nothing. There is nothing else about the coin that looks wrong to my eye. If it turns out to be a fake then very well spotted.
Btw. Hawkhybrid...one often sees one or more letters much flatter than the rest of the legend...or absent. This is due to a plugged die from a previous strike.
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Pillar of the Community
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What started me questioning this coin was the four turrets. Some think they look like soldiers ...... Personally I thought of a biker gang ! When I looked at some of the other Arles coins the letters started to look somewhat odd. When I noticed the "flow" lines I was reminded of my fake Nero. They look like they may be faux flow lines purposely made to decieve.
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Pillar of the Community
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Perhaps I was less than clear on this point.
My use of quotation marks indicates my uncertainty that they are real flow lines and not 'enhanced' by the shape of the letters.
Nero displays some curiously shaped lettering although the 'forking' is at the bottom and thus cannot be confused with the outward expansion of the planchet during strike.
I cannot help but note a certain annoyance on your part. I have no dog in this. I did not purchase this coin nor did I even know its source until late last night.
You say you have seen many like it. I have no reason to doubt you.
For myself I remain unconvinced !
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Posted 10/29/2014 10:13 am
