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Phoney money?

coinyboy2004coinyboy2004 Posts: 1
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Just got "seriously" started with money collecting by buying a coin from the Roman period. However, there's a lot of phoney stuff going on these days and I'm no expert. So what do you think, is this a real one or a phoney? When I bought it, it cost me 3$...

I think that the man in the coin might be Constantine I, am I right?

"E pluribus unum - In God We Trust"

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  • coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    Pretty definite that it's real. It's a roman bronze of the 4th Century, probably a Constans II issue of 337-50 A.D.
  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    The common ones aren't usually counterfeited because they're inexpensive. Your best bet is to invest in some books on the period of Roman coinage in which you're interested.
    Askari



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  • BigAlanBigAlan Posts: 311 ✭
    Just think of the history you got for only $3.image
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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Do they sl@b ancients?
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