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Valued Member
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Hi! Can anyone give an ID of this one Thanks   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Rest in Peace
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The flan looks cast, the edges are too rounded off in the cracks, details look inaccurate especially the obv around bust, that's gibberish. I'd say it's a fake, tourist copy.?
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 United States
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It would help to take it out of the capsule and take better pictures.
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United States
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@ecco, that is an interesting piece. I can't decide whether I agree with@finn about the gibberish on the obv though. If you disregard the annulets (for example if they are PMD), then it looks like an inscription with _NTAE or something similar. Better pics would help, but this may be one for @BobL.  "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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 Norway
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I will get back to you with some better pictures.
I would be very suprised if this is a tourist copy.
It is part of a Collection Set which is called something like "2000 years of Coin History" and includes coins from all centuries. Sadly it do not have any documentation. Coins include The Widows Mite, Antoninianus of Gordian III, Sasanian dirham and many more.
This one, though, I have never seen before
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United States
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@ecco, is there any direction that you can get us started with this specific coin? For example, does it list a specific century that they claim it come from? Narrowing down the possibilities could be super-helpful.
"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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Valued Member
Norway
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Norway
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No, sorry, Spence.
No more info. Maybe the better pictures can help
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Valued Member
United States
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I did not see a size or weight but it could be a very abused barbarous radiate.
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Valued Member
Norway
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Valued Member
United States
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Hi-
What you have is "Barbarous Radiate" made probably about 270AD or so. On your coin the radiate crown is off the flan, but the standard blundered legends and crude reverse type are easy to see. If you google barbarous radiate you will find lots of examples.
"Barbarous radiates are imitations of the antoninianus, a type of coin issued during the Roman Empire, which are so named due to their crude style and prominent radiant crown worn by the emperor. Barbarous radiates were issued privately primarily during the Crisis of the Third Century in the western provinces. They are not generally regarded as forgeries since they were smaller than standard issues and probably functioned as small change."
From Wikipedia
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Norway
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Harshly over cleaned, but I think I agree on barbarous--you can sort of see the radiate crown on the portrait.
I'd be curious to know what reverse this is supposed to copy? The portrait shows a long, scraggly beard, which indicated a copy of Tetricus or Victorinus (or a Schematized approximation of either/both). The reverse clearly shows two figures, one large and one small - usually indicative of the small Emperor with Jupiter or another deity. Tetricus and Victorinus only issued a small handful of such coins, all apparently rare because I can't find an image of them anywhere. This could be a mule of another type, or even an original invention. It warrants further investigation at any rate.
Curious, what were the other coins in the set?
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Valued Member
Norway
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Thanks for your input, Finn Here are the other coins (difficult to get good pictures With the capsules on) :   |
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United States
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That's a nice collection! Good mix of denominations and origins. Do you know what ruler minted the Sasanian coin?
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