@LOOK@ What I Found ~Please Help Identify

JMOORE

I started going through the bag of World Coins that I purchased from Dan and found this.




Any help would be appreciated. It is about the size of a US Dime.

Thanks!!

Jim

farthing

Roman apparently. Victory on the reverse holding a wreath

0john0

whatever it is I am jealous. All of my ancients look like cr@pola.

tlhoy

Caracalla, RIC 0144b
Caracalla Denarius. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped bust right / VICT PART MAX, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm.
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Now I have a headache!
Did I get it right?
Did I actually contribute to the World & Ancient Coin Forum?
Glenn

Askari

Yes, you did Glenn!!

That said, I'm not altogether sure this isn't a more modern copy. There are stylistic differences in the designs and sort of what looks to be a "mintmark" at the bottom of the rev. Moreover, the edges are rather smooth and rounded. If "modern," it could be a very recent counterfeit or perhaps a Renaissance-era copy. These latter became popular as classicism enjoyed a revival in Europe and are scarce and valuable in their own right. We need one of our ancients experts to give us their assessment.

lordmarcovan

Nice denarius, if it's real! It doesn't automatically scream "fake" at me... looks OK. If it's a copy, it's one that might have fooled me.

tlhoy

Glenn

JMOORE

Thanks for the info!

I know nothing about Ancient Coins. I can say that I was very excited when I found it, but I guess there is a very good chance that it is a "modern copy".

I think that I might put it up on eBay and see what happens.

Thanks again,

Jim

CIVITAS

It is most decidedly a fake. The flan shape and obverse detail are very wrong. There's a good chance you'll see a seam if you look at the edge. I don't know what that thing is beneath Victory in the exergue, but it is not supposed to be there either. Sorry to rain on your parade, but someone had to do it.

JMOORE

Sorry to rain on your parade, but someone had to do it.

Josh,

I haven't started the parade yet, so no need to be sorry.

And Thanks for the information

Jim