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So today after dropped may girl at work and picked 2 penny boxes from the bank on my way home I saw a antique store very crowed and a sign saying going out of business big sale ! So I stopped to check for coins etc . I found a clamp lamp for 10 dollars in perfect shape then while I was paying to live the store right at the counter was a cardboard box with a 1951 LWC + 1970 d penny plus what looks to be a roman coin from Constantine era and if is real may had hit the jackpot once it only cost me a dollar or so ! Here the pics and any comments are very appreciated !   The only think that give doubts about the authenticity of this coin is the fact the coin is in xf condition and if I'm right , if really is a Constantine emperor coin it should be couple centuries old ! But only pros can tell me better about this bronze looking made piece of metal ! give me your toughs and opinions guys ! Edited by Ricardocody
04/02/2011 2:45 pm
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I don't have a single one of these listed in my Modern US books.  You should try the Ancient, Greek, and Roman forum. It will be seen by many more people with knowledge of these type of coins. |
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Thanks scooby ! mod could you please moove the topic to the appropriate forum !
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I can only tell you that it is a Greek 10 drachm. As for it's authenticity, no clue. It could be a reproduction. In it's time it would roughly have a value sufficient enough to buy a good pair of shoes. Good luck with it.
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Greeck ! Cool ! Don't you know anything about the date ?I suspect coul not be roman because the Romans coin was most rounded whit rim !
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04/02/2011 7:57 pm
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I believe it's a reproduction. The lettering on the obverse is too modern-looking and the devices don't look right to me.. but wait for one of our resident experts to be sure  |
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It really looks like a reproduction but like the others, I don't have enough experience to confirm that. BTW, if real, it'll be more like a 18 centuries old, not a couple of centuries.  |
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The obverse portrait does look like something from the Constantinian era but the reverse doesn't look Roman at all.
I don't know a lot, so it will be interesting to here what some others who do, have to say about it.
If it is a Roman issue it's a lot older than a couple of centuries. Try 16 or 17.
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04/02/2011 8:50 pm
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If real it ll be my oldest coin for sure and how can I find out about the date ? I related to be roman from Constantine because we know Constantine emperor is the one knowed for Christian simbols as a ruler after he embrace the christanism in his life !
May be greeck as someone said above be ause I saw numerous greeck coins with complex shapes like this one ! But I have no clue what I'm talking about lol!Btw why would someone make a replica so wird looking like ? Anyway it looks old in my hands could had been preserved in someone's collection so that's why is in such good grade but I'm not expert .
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04/02/2011 9:07 pm
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Constantine (I) and his family members were Emperors of the Roman empire and had coins minted from about AD 307 to 361. But a coin may have been minted when they were Generals in the military, in a far away place, before they became Emperor.? With ancients coins exact dates are very, very hard to find. You can find out a lot about ancient roman coins here: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ |
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Sorry to say but this is a resent fake.
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Yep, it's a fake. The reverse is copied off of a Judaean coin from the time of Nero, several centuries before the reign of Constantine; see this example on Wildwinds. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I happen to have the same exact coin. It is in exactly the same condition. I found mine stuck to the back of an old Wheat penny. I would like to know if you found out anything more about it. Thank you. |
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 to the community There really isn't much to say about it other than it's a modern fake and not worth anything. |
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