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Valued Member
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Friends, I did not find the reverse of this Arcadius coin in any catalog. Does anyone know the reference? dimensions: bronze, 15mm, 1,8mm  
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@prsferreira, sorry that I don't know the answer to your question, but I do have a question of my own. Is that the normal reverse for this coin or did someone sand it flat and then add that pattern of cut marks? I just haven't seen something like this before, but it really isn't my area of collecting so maybe this is common?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Friend, I've been collecting coins for a while now, and it's unusual for me too.
The reverse does not appear to have been injured by any tool. There is patina on it, plus a standard.
For that reason, I think it's really a kind of reverse. Unusual, of course.
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Pillar of the Community
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Could it be provenctial? I have never seen this either.
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Valued Member
Brazil
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I had not thought of that possibility, brenpickle.
However, it was found in lot from Syria.
It is probable!
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The reverse does not appear to have been injured by any tool. There is patina on it, plus a standard. Yes prsferreira, I hear what you are saying, but the rev of this coin seems more like a love token to me than a Roman coin. If so, then this damage could have been done prior to the patina forming on the coin. By the way, @bob wrote a very informative post on desert patina here: http://goccf.com/t/251229"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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The obverse is a typical one for Arcadius, the reverse is very unusual and even unique. If the marks are raised as from being struck the only thing I can think of was that it might have been a test coin for the obverse strike. I would try and contact the British Museum send them a picture and see what they have to say.
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Looks like a 5th century love token to me. Or, perhaps more likely, a button or other decoration of some kind (I don't think they did love tokens in the 5th century).
The existence of patina only means that the incisions were done before the patina could cover them up (i.e. probably in the 5th century; this presumably used to be the CONCORDIA AVGG reverse, Tesorillo 6, Esty 47 - as the only one that comes with a facing bust - and the dates for those are in the earliest years of the 5th century, so I'm fairly confident in attributing the damage to 5th century as well).
I have a 6th century pentanummium (the Genie of Antioch type) with patinated rectangular impressions on both sides. I have no idea what they were for (though most likely it was just a contemporary hole that patinated over so much that it closed), but I'm not calling it "unique" or anything similar.
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01/11/2017 03:32 am
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Valued Member
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Thanks for the comments, friends.
I learn a lot from you.
However, I am still not convinced that it is not a reverse type.
The constitution of the coin does not indicate that there was an earlier reverse, which would have been "erased" by the risks.
The coin has structurally the same shape as other currencies of the same period, thickness and rounding.
At the same time, opinions like january1may's and others's are important and parsimonious arguments to refine my position. Thank you for that.
Nevertheless, my tendency is to agree with echizento. In that regard, I wonder if it would not have been minted without one of the wedges. Indeed, it is very likely to be a "proof of the obverse."
I have many coins in my collection that were located in Syria, like this one, in batches. I have found other very peculiar pieces. Soon I'll post it to friends to help me understand it.
Once again, thank you very much.
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01/11/2017 06:56 am
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