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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hey all, for some reason I like those terrible emperors and surprisingly walked away with this for what I feel was a great price. I think I have it pegged to a RIC 351 Obverse is IMP NERO CAESAR AVG GERM and is fully legible Should I leave the green patina on it, or attempt to clean? It has great detail as is, just hard to get a good pic of how it really looks in hand.     side note, not sure why my first pic through the optimizer is always a big larger than the rest. Oh well. Edited by CGCoins
12/10/2016 01:20 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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its a fake..  |
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
Yours looks fine to me. The coin has nice detail I would not try and remove the green patina.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
The patina looks good, but I do have reservations about the raised "rim" above the letters "CAES". Could be nothing, but I don't recall seeing that before in an early bronze.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
There certainly are a lot of similar looking coins on the fake reports, described as coming from "modern dies (and) artificially aged and patinated." Lettering details of both obverses and reverses certainly do bear resemblance to the OP coin, unfortunately. For comparison, here are just a handful of the documented fakes, with the OP coin at top.  Edited by Kamnaskires
12/10/2016 09:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
A couple more from the reports to compare.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Wow. A few of those are extremely deceptive.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
1194 Posts |
comparing the coin with the first one of BOB L , it looks the same die.albert
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Interesting match here. Top pic shows the OP obverse above the documented fake obverse. Could this be the same coin re-patinated and reentered on the market?   Edited by Kamnaskires
12/10/2016 11:23 am
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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Could this be the same coin re-patinated and reentered on the market? Wow, sure looks that way! I remember the original "bearded Nero" thread; now I'm seriously thinking that maybe I will never get any Nero coins ever (I would have definitely bought the bottom left coin in the comparison pic if it was cheap enough - didn't see any beard on it). |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Im afraid my first thought was also the beardy Nero fake. He didnt issue this coinage with a beard.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
797 Posts |
Ugh sadly, looks like an exact match for that coin in Bob L...Exact coin too...thats kinda how the green patina looks in hand....and a Soft G in GERM
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for your insight guys. I'm not out alot, but I will contact the seller and see if he is legit or not
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