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pdg Valued Member New Zealand 89 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 04:50 am I'd love to know more about this coin. I assume it's Roman Republic with Janus on the obverse and a ship's prow on the reverse. Diameter 31mm and it's heavy enough to use as a weapon. I wonder what the denomination is, what the stroke (like a 1 or I) at the top of the obverse and reverse signifies, and whether the date given on a label with the coin is correct (it's given as 211-207 BC, which seems very precise...). Ancients are not my forte so I can't even be sure it's genuine, though there's nothing about its provenance to make me suspicious. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 06:18 am The denomination is an 'As' and it should be roughly an ounce of copper, so very heavy for an ancient coin. As far as I know, that dash is part of Janus' head dress. If you look closely under the prow, you'll see [R]OMA written out. As for date, I don't know how these things get dated as not many have moneyers marks, but most seem to get labelled 'After 211BC'. It looks authentic to me; has the corrosion that all of these seem to have. These issues were cast, so you should expect to find a seam on the edge, sprue marks and some softness to the features - in fact, there are incredibly few of these with good detail. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34450 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 07:41 am Quote: it's heavy enough to use as a weapon. Not my area of expertise, but it looks like a great pick-up to me! "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 Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 07:48 am The fact that the genuine examples are cast makes it easier faker to exactly reproduce the production method. That makes the fakes much harder to separate out. I have an extensive 'black' collection of fake ancient coins, for my own education. Nevertheless, a higher level of expertise than mine is required to positively identify this one as fake or not. I my humble opinion, I will go with genuine. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 2:56 pm I agree the coin does appear to be genuine. Crawford is the reference used for this type: here is an online version: http://davy.potdevin.free.fr/Site/crawford1.html Report this Post to the Staff
pdg Valued Member New Zealand 89 Posts	Posted 12/02/2018 05:00 am Great, thanks for your help everyone! @Ben, it does have what appears to be a seam, which made me a little suspicious initially. I didn't know the Romans cast some of their coins ... you learn something every day here Report this Post to the Staff
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