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Myrina, silver tetradrachm68 viewsAR tetradrachm, 31mm, weight not given, 2nd century BC
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo of Grynion right.
Rev: Apollo of Grynion standing holding a phiale and laurel-branch with fillets; omphalos and amphora at feet; monogram and the word ΜΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ (Myrina) all within laurel-wreath.
Sear 4216.
Sold as genuine on VCoins, December 2020.
Submitted by Callimachus.CallimachusDec 07, 2020
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Cornelia Supera antoninianus.36 viewsAntoninianus. Cast copy.
Obverse: C CORNEL SVPERA AVG / Diademed bust of Supera, on crescent.
Reverse: VESTA / Vesta standing, holding patera and transverse sceptre.
3.20 gm., 20 mm.
(copy of RIC #30; Sear #9876.)
This is a cast copy of a Cornelia Supera antoninianus. The surfaces have that grainy look to them often seen on cast coins. The flan cracks at the edges, which should be nice and sharp on a genuine coin, have smooth and rounded edges. I purchased this coin for a few dollars from a Vancouver coin dealer in the year 2000. There was no deception involved -- we both knew it to be a cast copy.
CallimachusApr 05, 2014
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