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OmerosOmeros Posts: 2 ✭
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Hello to everyone.I will like to ask about this sestertius of Judea if is real or fake.



I have seen a similar but the head is right. My own looks left. Get your help. Thank you

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, it's corroded I can tell you that.

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  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 5,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 5, 2018 11:10PM

    It looks like an AE sestertius of Vespasian, around 72 AD.
    A lot like RIC 390 in this photo, except the portrait on your coin faces left (many of his do).

    The obverse legend on your coin looks something like:
    IMP T CAES VESPA ... COS VIII

    Reverse legend is common:
    VICTORIA AVGUSTI S C

    http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/vespasian/t.html

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is probably a real Sestertius of Vespasian. Unfortunately, it looks like it spent a very long time buried and has corroded badly. Still, this is the kind of coin that can be a good conversation starter with members of the general public. "Wow, a coin that is almost two thousand years old! Where did you get it? How much is it worth?" Perhaps a new collector will be born.

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I see a lot of cloth fibers on the surface. I would avoid cleaning this coin or handling the surface. It appears it could be authentic. Nice find

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool coin.

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  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,425 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I bet with the grade-flation going on around here it's an au-50

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neat !!! :)

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