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A Real "Fake" -- Nero (Claudius) RIC 79 Fouree
« on: May 26, 2018, 10:19:37 am »
As part of my new-found quest to call out fakes and then balance the universe by posting a real coin, herewith a real fake:  a fouree of RIC 79, Sear 1918

This one must have been fairly convincing in its youth -- the wear-through is mostly on the high points, edge intact, with a hint of the silver wrap at 4:00.

AR Denarius, Nero as Caesar under Claudius. (Fouree)

NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERM COS [DESIGN], bare-headed, draped bust right
[EQVESTER-OR] DO-PRINCIPI-[IVVENT] in four lines on shield with vertical spear behind.

[contemporary imitation of] RIC 79; BMC 93, RSC 97.

 
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