This silver piece of just under 4.5 grams has been a question mark to me for the last 40 odd years. I bought it on a stamp and coin market in Barcelona,
Spain. Back then one expert called it an obvious
fake, because of
style oddities. A dealer however wanted to buy it right away, without asking questions or telling me what he thought of it.
Later I saw a comparison between a
Celtic coin, struck under
Roman permission and its official
Roman model. This led me to the believe that my coin might be a similar issue. The missing
laurel wreath on the
reverse side was probably left out on purpose. Anyone trying to produce a copy of an existing coin would not leave out such an obvious detail. A
Celtic twist of pride?
Has anyone come across a coin like this? Or does anyone own the
Roman original?