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Zeeuwsepiep

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Bearded Roman
« on: February 18, 2010, 10:13:23 am »
This one I also cannot figure out. It doesn't seem to appear in the list of most common uncleaned coins. Any suggestions are very welcome.
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Re: Bearded Roman
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2010, 10:17:09 am »
Looks like Tetricus I, Gallic Empire.

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Re: Bearded Roman
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2010, 10:47:54 am »
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Re: Bearded Roman
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2010, 10:54:35 am »
I'm sorry to disagree, but it probably rather imitates a Victorinus coin (INVICTVS, Sol with star in left field). It could also be an imitation of Postumus' ORIENS AVG reverse, Sol with P in left field, but the portrait and metal point towards Victorinus.

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Re: Bearded Roman
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2010, 05:43:20 am »
I can't find a match, in particular the letters on the reverse don't match Victorinus coins I have found on the web. What other options would be there?
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Re: Bearded Roman
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2010, 05:56:09 am »
It's an imitation with blundered legends, so you won't find a legend match on an official coin.

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Re: Bearded Roman
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2010, 06:10:45 am »
I guess not a contemperary imitation then. What do you mean with blundered legends?
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Re: Bearded Roman
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2010, 06:15:25 am »
Most of these were issued between the fall of the Gallic Empire and the mid 280ies, but some, of course, also contemporarily.

With blundered legends I mean irregular legends. Sometimes they are close to the official ones and readable, sometimes full of errors and sometimes they are only composed by fantasy letters.

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