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gilligo

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Gold coin possibly?
« on: October 21, 2014, 08:00:26 pm »
Hello again coinsters! Does anyone recognise this coin?
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Re: Gold coin possibly?
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2014, 09:23:31 pm »
Please crop your photos and rotate them so they are top up.
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Re: Gold coin possibly?
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2014, 09:49:46 pm »
It's a modern forgery of a Theodosius solidus.

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Re: Gold coin possibly?
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2014, 09:51:11 pm »
Wow! How can you be sure it's a forgery?
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Re: Gold coin possibly?
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2014, 09:54:24 pm »
The style is a grotesque parody of the real thing.
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Re: Gold coin possibly?
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2014, 02:26:20 am »
Looks like a silver coin type of Theodosius II... but the style indeed looks wrong to me, and it most definitely shouldn't be made of gold!
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