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Offline cot b

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Gold Roman Solid for ID
« on: September 05, 2019, 02:20:47 pm »
Hi! Need ID and [Removed by Admin] help with this beautiful gold coin.. Was found in Western Ukraine with metal detector.  ???
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Re: Gold Roman Solid for ID
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2019, 04:12:02 am »
IMHO this looks like an imitation (look at victory), maybe Honorius.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2738707


The Ukraine is known for it's ancient imitations of silver and gold coins, some of the latter gold plated, others genuine gold.

See: https://www.academia.edu/19525654

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Re: Gold Roman Solid for ID
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2019, 07:55:27 am »
The blundered legends are a giveaway too.

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Re: Gold Roman Solid for ID
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2019, 08:00:40 am »
That is a great coin--ancient imitation of a Roman solidus.
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Re: Gold Roman Solid for ID
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2019, 08:11:02 am »
Sorry guys, i might have been a little hasty in moving this topic to the "Fake Board". Hopefully it will be returned to "Identification help".

Mistakes do happen.
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Re: Gold Roman Solid for ID
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2019, 04:16:42 pm »
Indeed, my initial enthusiasm for the coin was more emotional than analytic.  It still looks like an ancient imitation to me, but there are out there many people who know more about the topic than I, and I hope they will weigh in with their opinions.
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Re: Gold Roman Solid for ID
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2019, 09:33:59 am »
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