Still struggling in Alexandria.

[Jan P]

I have two pieces of this coin, so it cannot be rare.
The reverse, Zeus and L K, drives me directly to Trajanus Alexandria,but with our head and legend on the obverse it should be Commodus.
However, for the Commodus / Zeus L K, I cannot find the references.
Maybe I should learn to use the sources for ancient coins, but Wildwinds and the www in general leave me in the lurch with this one:

[shanxi]

I have two pieces of this coin, so it cannot be rare.

Also the same decentering. Did you check the rims for casting evidence?

[Jan P]

Hello "shanxi",
Thank you to react.
The thing is, I do this Alexandria search for a friend, who promised hís friend to identify these coins.
I myself work only with the pictures. I had some doubts also about the difference of colour between the two pieces. But maybe that is only photografic.
To what I deduct from your reaction: a Commodus Alexandria/ Zeus L K is a kind of suspect piece ?

[Jan P]

After "shanxi"s' reaction, I wonder: could it be, the same piece was photografed twice and added twice to this collection?
The resemblance between the two is very close indeed.

[Ginolerhino]

The two coins may be two different products of the same mould. They are obviously cast fakes IMO.

[Jan P]

Well Ginolerhino, "shanxi" and you have put the red lights on !
I had to let it sink in for a while, but now, especially when there is no such coin as a Commodus/ Zeus L K, I am going to inform my friend that not all  of his friends coins are reliable.
I hope, it is the only case in the pack, because from pictures it is difficult to judge. But good, they will be warned and it is to them to find out then.
Thank you very much to both of you !