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Numister Pillar of the Community Singapore 631 Posts	Posted 10/18/2016 1:01 pm Anyone knows whether this piece is real and where is it from ? Report this Post to the Staff

Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 10/18/2016 1:25 pm Caracalla denarius like this: http://www.coinproject.com/coin_det...?coin=242501 Looks genuine to me. A very nice example. Impressive photography too! Edited by Biancasdad 10/18/2016 1:29 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/18/2016 1:55 pm Very nice looking Caracalla. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 10/18/2016 2:48 pm The way the legend bleeds into the edge of the coin doesn't sit right with me. Could be a genuine coin struck with a broken die; could be a very good cast copy. Does it pass tests for magnetism and weight? Report this Post to the Staff
CGCoins Pillar of the Community United States 797 Posts	Posted 10/18/2016 3:20 pm I'm with Finn, the way those letters flow into the rim just dont sit right, almost like metal flow from casting. Along with the strong strike of the portrait, and the seemingly missing letters in some of the legend, just seems a bit off. Report this Post to the Staff
Numister Pillar of the Community Singapore 631 Posts	Posted 10/19/2016 08:32 am Passed the magnet test, weight is 3.1g. Any other way to test ? Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 10/19/2016 09:40 am I assume there is no casting seam? With it being that darkly toned, not sure it would pass the tissue test. One thing you could try is a heat conductivity test. Never tried it personally, but on paper a silver coin should get hot or cold much more quickly than say a cupronickel coin. So in theory, if you were to hold this coin against an ice cube, you would feel it get cold perhaps a second faster than a nickel. Problem is, the denarius in this time frame (IIRC) was about 55-51% silver, so you would have to find a 3 gram, .500 coin to compare. At any rate, here is the wildwinds page with seven genuine examples of your coin: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6819.t.html Report this Post to the Staff
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