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maccath New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 01/05/2024 12:01 pm I've done some searching here but I can't find an exact ID for this coin. I don't know where it came from nor do I even know if it's genuine or not. Assuming it is, I've only managed to figure out that the reverse legend is GENIO IMPERATORIS. I'm not really able to figure out anything else I'm guessing because I'm not very familiar with these coins or markings. Is this coin genuine? If so, do you know who is pictured and what the obverse legend is? Also, the green patina - is it bad? Edited by maccath 01/05/2024 1:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7933 Posts	Posted 01/05/2024 12:54 pm SOmebody will be along before long to help. Report this Post to the Staff
JohnConduitt Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 725 Posts	Posted 01/05/2024 1:17 pm Galerius. The legends are IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG / GENIO IMP-ERATORIS but the mintmark is not there. It could be any of these: https://numismatics.org/ocre/result...lltext:*ORIS There seems to be a letter over an altar (or a star) in the left field and a letter in the right field, but it doesn't seem to match anything. Something like this https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.anch.119a Report this Post to the Staff
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2099 Posts	Posted 01/06/2024 04:42 am It looks like a cast fake to me. The details are too soft to be due to wear. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 01/06/2024 05:22 am Quote: It looks like a cast fake to me. The details are too soft to be due to wear. but I don't know if it's a rare enough type to be worth faking, and it could plausibly be environmental damage, I think. I suspect to a large extent the softness is a trick of the lighting. Report this Post to the Staff
JohnConduitt Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 725 Posts	Posted 01/06/2024 07:49 am Yes it could easily be fake. If you're selling to tourists you can copy any coin, as they don't know what's rare and what isn't. But sometimes common real coins are treated very badly by the finders, who clean them with acid. They're so cheap it's not any more difficult to find them than casting copies. The edge might give it away (if there's a seam). The green isn't a problem. If it's not easy to remove with acetone it might even suggest authenticity. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 01/06/2024 8:11 pm My vote is real but heavily corroded. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 01/07/2024 11:42 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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