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Offline Nikko

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Constantine I, SAC MONN AVGG ET CAESS NN, a forgery?
« on: January 12, 2022, 02:33:04 PM »
I got this scarce coin on eBay a few minutes ago, but I’m not 100% it’d it’s authenticity. The overall appearance is not bad, but it’s a little weird.
Any opinions are welcome.
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Re: Constantine I, SAC MONN AVGG ET CAESS NN, a forgery?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2022, 07:05:32 PM »
I can see why you might have some doubts, but it is hard to be sure from just a photo. It has some characteristics of a cast, but the reverse has a particularly genuine looking bit of greenish corrosion at the end of the legend, on the first N of N N. Hopefully in hand it will be obvious if it genuine or not.

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Re: Constantine I, SAC MONN AVGG ET CAESS NN, a forgery?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2022, 07:48:04 AM »
I finally got it and I’m 99,9% confident it is a genuine anche nice coin.