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Identify this coin - July 25th

MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
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So, let's play identify this coin. What is it?



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Link to coin.
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  • partagaspartagas Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭
    It is a red X
    If I say something in the woods, and my wife isn't around. Am I still wrong?
  • calaban7calaban7 Posts: 3,011 ✭✭✭
    it looks like an X in a box.

    Do I win ?
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  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Only in your imaginations! image
    Spring National Battlefield Coin Show is April 3-5, 2025 at the Eisenhower Hotel Ballroom, Gettysburg, PA. WWW.AmericasCoinShows.com
  • mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    I get a square with a torn paper inside.

    Edited to say, I now see a coin that I cannot possibly identify.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it does not show up, click on "Link to coin." at the bottom
    Spring National Battlefield Coin Show is April 3-5, 2025 at the Eisenhower Hotel Ballroom, Gettysburg, PA. WWW.AmericasCoinShows.com
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    I see a crude coin...looks like it belongs on the darkside.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,219 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would say that it is a Roman sestertius, but lettering is out of focus, and I can't read enough to determine the emperor.

    Revised to say ...

    After looking at the blurry stuff for a while I'd say it's Gordianus Africanus I who ruled for 36 days in 238 AD.

    But that's just educated guess.
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  • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
    Damn Cuz, you sure take some lousy pics!!image
  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    I agree that it's ancient Rome. Emperor Gordian?

    Ray
  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm the king of bad pictures! image

    Anybody else want to guess?
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,166 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm the king of bad pictures! image

    Anybody else want to guess? >>


    I identify it as being gently cleaned?
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I agree that it's ancient Rome. Emperor Gordian? >>



    (K)not!
  • TitusFlaviusTitusFlavius Posts: 321 ✭✭✭
    Depending on the weight it purports to be a Sestertius (Sear 8697) or an As (Sear 8771) of Gordian III, Rome mint, 239 AD. Though no fakes of this type are recorded in FORVMs fake coin reports, it doesn't exactly match any genuine examples I could find pictures of either. The lettering looks unusually thin, but this and the strange surfaces could appear on a genuine piece subjected to a harsh cleaning. I'd lean toward genuine based on the style of the portrait and the fabric, but can't tell for sure from the pics.
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  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    I can only read the: image

    IMP something GORDIANUS AUG
    Ed
  • YaHaYaHa Posts: 4,220 ✭
    My birthday present?

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