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Offline Hydatius

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Odd nummus of Constantius II
« on: July 20, 2023, 09:22:13 am »
This is a coin from my university museum's collection. At first glance it looks fine, but there's an odd dichotomy between the perfect sharpness of much of it and the very worn condition of the rest of it. Then there are the blundered legends: 'II' for 'PF' on the obverse and I don't know what for 'REPARATIO' on the reverse. It almost looks as though it was tooled by someone who didn't know what was supposed to be there. But who would bother tooling a bronze like this? Am I just paranoid?

Opinions please! (Not on my paranoia, on the coin!  ;D ;D

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Re: Odd nummus of Constantius II
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2023, 09:26:22 am »
It is an unofficial issue
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Re: Odd nummus of Constantius II
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2023, 10:15:30 am »
Quote from: Victor C on July 20, 2023, 09:26:22 am
It is an unofficial issue

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