Is this genuine ?

levinll

I tend to think not, but I am no expert.

It's about an 1" in width and weighs 9.5 grams.


Obverse
Reverse

ormandh

The links do not work for me. Can you try them again?

bronzemat

Typical photobucket, dont know why folks here use them when there is sites like tinypic.com

Links arent working for me either.

levinll

Links should be working now.

brg5658

<< <i>Typical photobucket, dont know why folks here use them when there is sites like tinypic.com

Links arent working for me either. >>



Tinypic is owned by photobucket.

STLNATS

Weight looks right and the style, etc of the coin looks like a typical Trier product.

Why do you think there's an issue with this follis?

levinll

Not knowing much about ancients, the face looks like something I'd see on a hobo nickel as opposed to a 2,000 year old coin.

Any idea what time period/ruler is on this coin ?

STLNATS

Not knowing much about ancients, the face looks like something I'd see on a hobo nickel as opposed to a 2,000 year old coin

Not sure I see what you're talking about. Pretty common portrait for the period and the mint (each Roman mint had its own personality so often you can recognize the mint from the portraits alone). The Trier mintmark is in exergue on the reverse.

Coin is of Maximian, co-ruler with Diocletian. Not near my reference at the moment, but struck in Trier in the late 290s AD.

levinll

Thanks !