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- ID: 115
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1997-11-10
ROMAN REPUBLIC.
Cast coinage from the first part of the third century B.C.
Aes signatum.
Av.: Trident.
Rv.: Caduceus,
1415 g. 188 x 86 mm.
Ref.: Vecchi AS 23.
BoC.: 18/1, 1993, p.8f.
FAKE – This counterfeit is (of course) cast. It has a sharp lateral edge, like seams and an artificial brownish patina. Compared to genuine pieces it is somewaht shrunken in dimensions, they are too light and too “plump” in feel.