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New Member
Poland
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Hello collectors! What do you think about genuity of this coin? Condition is not the best, and exergue is blured. For me it's a genuine one which is worthy to join to collection - but still not the best!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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 , a Probus that is worthy to include in your collection.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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A nice addition to a collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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It is nicer than my example though I don't really focus on these early Rome mint issues. Mine has too much flatness in the strike. Yours is a very nice example of the type.  |
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New Member
 Poland
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Thank you Martin! Was it worthy to pay 30euros? probvs.fr shows that it's common piece, but I haven't seen many examples of that issue from Rome mint.
BTW: Your piece is stunning!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I'd be very happy to have this coin in my collection, just_me_paddy. It is well worth the €30 I'd say.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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New Member
Poland
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 There is quite rare variant of this reverse from Siscia. Condition is not the best, but coin is still interesting piece of metal! As you said, RIC missatributes that emission from Rome to this emission from Siscia. By the way. There is S, Q or Epsilon in exergue? XXIQ is known in few pieces, but it's not look like Q for me. Your small collection is awesome, and very interesting. Of course, I know that your main topic is Lugdunum mint ;) I hope I will gather collection on your level in the future. Best Regards Edited by just_me_paddy
06/03/2021 6:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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That is a very interesting example from Siscia. As far as the exe is concerned I suspect that it is a Q even though it looks somewhat like an S. I do not think it is an S for the following reasons. The remainder of the exe would be in proportion to a Q but the potential S would seem to be much larger for no reason. The bottom of the potential S seems to merge with the border of the coin. I think that there has been some breakage in the die as shown below where I have highlighted the Q in yellow and the potential break in red.  Regards, Martin |
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New Member
Poland
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S seemed to me also over-normative, but probably I wanted to see S there ;) And threre is my cheap and corroded very common piece from Lugdunum. I saw your piece without dots in titulature, but I think dots are present here.  Best Regards |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I am not sure that there is any significance to the dots but I try to get them with and without....  |
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New Member
Poland
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So we can't be wrong both, innit? ;) If you say it's a variant without dots I have this coin: https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=2830Mr. Oliva gives is R. So it's a nice acqusition. Honestly, I haven't seen other examples than this one (in database). The same is on your site. Best Regards Patrick Edited by just_me_paddy
06/04/2021 6:09 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2099 Posts |
The coin in the link is also mine.....
Regards,
Martin
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New Member
Poland
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I know ;) You are one of the nost famous Probvs collector on the world.
That's why I wrote that I saw two times only one example (yours). I haven't seen other examples than yours and mine.
Best Regards,
Patryk
BTW:Have you seen Probus' coins on latest KATZ auction? ;) Only 1 is genuine. The rest are well-known casted fakes. Of course I informed them already...
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I informed them too. They also have a whole host of other coins that are made from entirely modern dies.
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Posted 06/01/2021 6:43 pm
