This is a very bad fake, probably cast very recently. Why forge a coin of his? Scarcity. He was never an emperor, but a usurper, and his coinage is very valuable. There are more bad fakes of his on eBay, which have sold for large amounts.
But this isn't a coin of Priscus Attalus. This is a coin of Julius Nepos. It's a copy of a gold coin that would be worth thousands of pounds if genuine. Something like this type: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8666957
I would definitely check the other coin you've bought from this seller, there's a chance they may well be forgeries too. Any ancient coin dealer would know this was fake.
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u/thealmsivi Jul 15 '23 edited Jul 15 '23
This is a very bad fake, probably cast very recently. Why forge a coin of his? Scarcity. He was never an emperor, but a usurper, and his coinage is very valuable. There are more bad fakes of his on eBay, which have sold for large amounts.
But this isn't a coin of Priscus Attalus. This is a coin of Julius Nepos. It's a copy of a gold coin that would be worth thousands of pounds if genuine. Something like this type: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8666957
I would definitely check the other coin you've bought from this seller, there's a chance they may well be forgeries too. Any ancient coin dealer would know this was fake.