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Nero 30

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Antoninus pius Denarius
« on: April 14, 2015, 04:16:16 am »
This silver denarius is in an auction and described as Antoninus Pius I find the style weird any references please?
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Re: Antoninus pius Denarius
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2015, 04:22:06 am »
Not Antoninus Pius, but Caracalla. Caracalla's real name was Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus.

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Re: Antoninus pius Denarius
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2015, 04:50:06 am »

RSC 420a.

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Re: Antoninus pius Denarius
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2015, 04:59:19 am »
Thanks a lot for the help
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Re: Antoninus pius Denarius
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2015, 06:49:35 am »
It is a cast fake however.

Here is one from the fake reports.

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Re: Antoninus pius Denarius
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2015, 07:46:22 am »
Thanks a lot I suspected it to tell you the truth!!
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Re: Antoninus pius Denarius
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2015, 08:07:44 am »
Thought about suggesting that, too. However it is not that easy to spot on such fotos taken with a flash(?).

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Re: Antoninus pius Denarius
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2015, 01:15:29 pm »
It is hard to tell from a picture as aleays but when i suspected it was because of the general style and shape of bust comparing it to the same original ones and the some what pourous surfaces , but again though all suspect it might be original and the lighting was too strong as vale suggested.
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Re: Antoninus pius Denarius
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2015, 03:21:34 am »
It most certainly is not original, because it is the same type of cast fake reported in the fake reports. The style however is seems ok, since it is a cast of a real ancient coin. What gives it away are the blurry details and the surfaces/edges.

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