Prieure de Sion Posted September 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted September 18, 2022 (edited) At an auction today, unspecified provinces coins came up for auction. One immediately caught my eye. At first I thought of Nero - but then it turned out that this was probably Polemo II with Britannicus (RPC I 3838). Of course, that would be a small chance bargain. But since time was running out - I bought according to the principle - first buy - then check. We are not sure whether this is a fake. Especially the curved line (b) worries us a bit. What do the experts think? I have inserted the picture in the "original" and with the areas (red) that we mean. Diameter: 16.4mm Weight: 3.5g Edited September 18, 2022 by Prieure de Sion 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 18, 2022 · Patron Share Posted September 18, 2022 The curved line was probably on the die from using a compass to lay out the design. That doesn't bother me at all. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted September 19, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 19 hours ago, Roman Collector said: The curved line was probably on the die from using a compass to lay out the design. That doesn't bother me at all. Thank you. Other acquaintances also see nothing wrong with the silver coin so far. It looks as if I have accidentally got a Britannicus at a good price. I will send the coin to NGC and have it graded. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted September 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2022 The coin looks fine to me too. Nice score!! It's a beautiful coin. My bargain Britannicus is considerably less beautiful, but it only cost me 5 euros. (Cheapest Britannicus ever? Maybe @Finn235 can beat it, maybe with a group lot. 🙂) It was unidentified in the auction, and either nobody else realized what it was... or they just didn't have as low a quality threshold as I did! 😆 (Oddly enough, there was another example in the very same auction, only slightly better, which sold for thirteen times as much.) AEOLIS, Aegae Britannicus: 41-55. AE18, issued under Chaleos, magistrate c.43-48. Obv: BPЄTANNIKOC KAICAP; Bare head of Britannicus to right. Rev: ЄΠI XAΛЄOY AIΓAЄωN; Zeus standing front, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter with his left. RPC I 2431. Rare. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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