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The coin has two modes, inactive as described above and its active state when its ''complication'' takes effect. The coin's complication is divinatory in nature and reveals the likeness of someone the coin-holder will meet within the next day or twenty-four hours. The likeness appears on the obverse facing, or heads side, along with a real and official name (no, not a true-name, nor any aliases) worked along the outer edge. The reverse side reveals an event of significance in the designated individuals life with a date and short descriptive legend along the reverse edge. | The coin has two modes, inactive as described above and its active state when its ''complication'' takes effect. The coin's complication is divinatory in nature and reveals the likeness of someone the coin-holder will meet within the next day or twenty-four hours. The likeness appears on the obverse facing, or heads side, along with a real and official name (no, not a true-name, nor any aliases) worked along the outer edge. The reverse side reveals an event of significance in the designated individuals life with a date and short descriptive legend along the reverse edge. | ||
If examined by a skilled numismatist (specialist in coins and currency) during its inactive phase the inevitable conclusion will be that it is a skilled forgery of a extremely common Roman coin and only valuable in that it is a uniquely perfect replica minus the mark of minting and thus a curio. | |||
Revision as of 00:35, 7 January 2026
Description
The Coin of Introduction is exactly what it appears to be a brass sestertius minted during the reign of Nero. Such brass coins were a significant part of the Roman currency system, primarily made from a type of brass known as orichalcum, which had a gold-like appearance when newly struck. The sestertius was the most prominent brass denomination during the Roman Empire and was highly valued until its ultimate debasement in the late third century AD.
Most such coins were minted and marked in either Rome or supplemented by the mint of Lugdunum (modern Lyon) under Nero and Vespasian. The Coin of Introduction however has neither the mark of the Capitoline mint nor of Lugdunum. Instead, when inactive, its obverse face bears the likeness of Roman Emperor Nero with a legend marking the outer-face exibiting his regnal name: "Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus." While inactive the reverse facing commemorates Nero's reign from 13 October 54 A.D. – 9 June 68 A.D. or rather the Roman equivalent.
The coin has two modes, inactive as described above and its active state when its complication takes effect. The coin's complication is divinatory in nature and reveals the likeness of someone the coin-holder will meet within the next day or twenty-four hours. The likeness appears on the obverse facing, or heads side, along with a real and official name (no, not a true-name, nor any aliases) worked along the outer edge. The reverse side reveals an event of significance in the designated individuals life with a date and short descriptive legend along the reverse edge.
If examined by a skilled numismatist (specialist in coins and currency) during its inactive phase the inevitable conclusion will be that it is a skilled forgery of a extremely common Roman coin and only valuable in that it is a uniquely perfect replica minus the mark of minting and thus a curio.
The coin was commissioned by
a alchemist and astrologer.
The coin when consulted reveals the name and face of the next person the coin holder meets.
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