Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => Unofficial coinage => Topic started by: Victor on June 20, 2021, 10:08:35 AM

Title: unofficial Constantine II in a slab
Post by: Victor on June 20, 2021, 10:08:35 AM

Here's an unofficial coin of Constantine II that looks good enough that NGC slabbed it...though it is definitely not official. It has several issues, some obvious, others more subtle.

Title: Re: unofficial Constantine II in a slab
Post by: Heliodromus on June 20, 2021, 10:47:06 AM

That's pretty sad - I assume they would have labelled it as unofficial if they realized.

The "x" on banner is a massive giveaway.

Title: Re: unofficial Constantine II in a slab
Post by: Victor on June 20, 2021, 11:11:33 AM

PTR is also pretty blatant.

I have several other unofficial issues that were slabbed and they include something like "barbarous" on the label, like the campgate and overstrike below.

Title: Re: unofficial Constantine II in a slab
Post by: Heliodromus on June 20, 2021, 11:34:22 AM

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PTR is also pretty blatant

True, although for some reason that didn't jump out to me as much as the style and "x" (maybe because I collect Christian symbols).

Helvetica's spreadsheet lists another ancient imitiation with PTR mintmark from the Bishops Canning hoard.