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Offline Aulus Allienus

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Postumus (Double?)-Sestertius modern or ancient cast?
« on: December 02, 2013, 05:50:58 pm »
Hello,

this (double-?) Sestertius of  Postumus reached me today and I wonder now for hours well whether it is an ancient barbarous
Cast (remarkable the "M" into account of P M  ) or a modern cast ?

Obv: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus right,  IMP C M CASS LAT PO (STVMVS PF) AVG

Rev: P M TR P COS II P P S C, Virtus standing left, holding globe and scepter

Weight 13,26 g, diameter 29 mm

Anyone who can give me a hint ?

Thanks in advance

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Re: Postumus (Double?)-Sestertius modern or ancient cast?
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2013, 06:09:23 pm »
No reason why it isn't ancient - there are large numbers of contemporary cast copies of Postumus' large bronzes. This looks fine to me - and some of these are very crude indeed. A nice find

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Re: Postumus (Double?)-Sestertius modern or ancient cast?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2013, 03:44:07 am »
the flan is very regular , i d have doubts

can u post picture of the edge to see if it s been smoothed ?

the style is also not similar to ancient imitative
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Re: Postumus (Double?)-Sestertius modern or ancient cast?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2013, 09:44:58 am »
Hi,

many thanks for your opinions. Here are the pictures of the edges.
Thank you very much.

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Re: Postumus (Double?)-Sestertius modern or ancient cast?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2013, 04:45:40 pm »
Can't see anything wrong.
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Re: Postumus (Double?)-Sestertius modern or ancient cast?
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2013, 01:54:34 pm »
Nor can I see anything wrong. I would suggest the raised element on the last photo is the remains of the casting sprue.

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Re: Postumus (Double?)-Sestertius modern or ancient cast?
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2013, 05:15:16 am »
Hello,

thank you very much for replies. So  I put the coin in order as authentic of time, cast and of a wild style . By the way ,the patina cannot be removed with acetone.

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