Please help ID coins

« on: March 26, 2015, 03:31:35 am »

Please help , I think Quintillus , but if I look good missing one letter L. Am I right ? The reverse is Salus AVG ?

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memmi

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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2015, 10:00:02 am »

No one has any opinion about this coin ?

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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2015, 10:32:27 am »

It looks unofficial to me.

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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2015, 01:38:17 pm »

Thank Areich, I do not know.
Such or similar coin I can not find, anywhere.
Unofficial, what do you mean when you say that?
Where can I learn more?
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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2015, 02:28:13 pm »

Quote from: memmi on March 26, 2015, 01:38:17 pm

Thank Areich, I do not know.
Such or similar coin I can not find, anywhere.
Unofficial, what do you mean when you say that?
Where can I learn more?
memmi

By unofficial he means a local imitation (still ancient), not an official issue from the mint.

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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2015, 02:59:47 pm »

I agree with areich. Does not look official at all.

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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2015, 03:22:22 pm »

Why ?
Can you explain to me how you know it's unofficial . Please.

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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2015, 05:13:19 pm »

Quote from: memmi on March 26, 2015, 03:22:22 pm

Why ?
Can you explain to me how you know it's unofficial . Please.

The style, the lettering, pretty much everything about it says local/unoffical

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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2015, 05:56:06 pm »

Third century lettering is often sloppy, but this goes beyond that to illiterate--unofficial local imitation, quite common for long-lived emperors, but unusual for a short-lived fellow.

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memmi

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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2015, 01:24:03 am »

Thank you all for your quick responses and teach .
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Re: Please help ID coins

« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2015, 02:57:49 am »

Yes, a nice coin. I don't remember ever seeing an ancient imitation of a Quintillus coin. This one is good enough to be sure it is supposed to be a Quintillus.

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