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Offline maridvnvm

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Probus, Calliope
« on: September 12, 2011, 05:18:39 pm »
I noticed this coin come up for sale on a well known auction site.
It purports to be an unpublished CALLIOPE AVG type, which is a type known from Siscia. I believe to to be a modified "TEMPOR FELICI, Felicitas standing right, holding caduceus and cornucopiae" from Lugdunum. The obverse is certainly Lugdunum and there are odd areas on the reverse where what I believe to have been the long caduceus and cornucopia to have been.
Other opinions?
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Martin
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Re: Probus, Calliope
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2011, 05:39:32 pm »
Hi,

reminds me of this fantasy tooled from an original coin, which just has been withdrawn from auction.


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Re: Probus, Calliope
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2011, 08:54:19 pm »
Everything you said Martin seems right on. We have discussed the rare calliope before, I was fascinated by this type the first time I saw it.
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Re: Probus, Calliope
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2011, 09:00:54 pm »
here is a real one that went on eBay in 2006 for about 1700 USD
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Re: Probus, Calliope
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2011, 01:28:15 am »
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Re: Probus, Calliope
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2011, 01:39:29 pm »
Coin is obviously tooled, who is seller?
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Re: Probus, Calliope
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2011, 02:50:38 pm »
I will not name them but it is a new ebay seller based in Germany.
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Martin
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