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Lucius Verus

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 Posted 10/10/2014  04:09 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add pishpash to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Does this look genuine?

Nobody has bid on it and it is very similar to another couple of denari that he is selling.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191359509...RK:MEBIDX:IT
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 Posted 10/10/2014  06:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add caesar77 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I say, it is very questionable. It seems flat, too flat. No weight, no size, no RIC. As someone that owns a similar albeit not exact Verus, mine contrasts drastically. See below, which has been authenticated and acquired via CNG. I would not acquire.

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 Posted 10/10/2014  06:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks OK.
That is NOT much of a recommendation.

If I was interested, I would want a much closer look at it.
At this point I am putting ALL of my faith in the seller, with the intent that I could return it with no problems, for whatever reason, if I was not happy with it
I would be in the bidding, and buy if I was lucky.

THEN I would look closely at it when received. There are MANY ways of confirming the authenticity of a coin, once it is in your hands.
I would NOT bid on another coin from this seller until I had confirmed for myself that it is indeed genuine.
I would keep or return, depending on my satisfaction, relative to the authenticity of the piece.

If I was interested in any other coin the seller may have, I would repeat the process, buying each coin one at a time.

My price limit for buying from ebay would be no more than $50 per coin, irrespective of authenticity.

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That's my main problem with ebay:
You cannot examine the coin 'in hand' before you place a bid.

THAT'S why my price limit is no more than $50.
At least, you can limit your financial 'hurt' to your price limit.
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 Posted 10/10/2014  06:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pishpash to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think I will pass. I agree that it does look very flat and somehow it has no character. I usually look at the other coins someone is selling. He has a Faustina II that looks similar to the LV which made me uneasy.

Nice coin Caesar, good advice Sel. Thanks.
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 Posted 10/10/2014  09:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't like the looks of this one, it's overall appearance looks cast.
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