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« on: April 21, 2009, 12:11:00 am »

The denarius below has been presented on our french forum as possibly unrecorded.
Its particularities are to have an unusual portrait of the emperor and a reverse that could be of Vespasian (quite a lot of years before though)

Could it be an hybrid or mule of some sort ?
Has some of you seen such a coin before ?
Is there any reference for it out there ?

Thanks for your input
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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2009, 12:40:17 am »

Portrait is close to Domitian?
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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2009, 03:54:51 am »

Looks like it is plated (breaks on Trajan's head) and the style is irregular, too. Ancient fourrées quite regulary mix up types and emperors.

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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2009, 08:13:22 pm »

Looks like a fourree to me as well. It looks like a spot or two of base metal is showing through on the very tips of victory's wings.

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