Can Anyone Explain This Listing

Here is the Romulus coin I mentioned

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151446413928?nav=SEARCH

ebay is not the best place to realise the best price for a genuine rarity, but it is an excellent place to dupe an unsuspecting buyer.

Finishing the Saxby 'thing',

V.C. I am with you all the way. I have no intention of EVER buying from him again

I was just wondering if he had sold 'fakes' of modern notes or if all of his known 'fakes' were ancient coins? If this is the case then the stuff I did buy (unwittingly) some time ago, being modern notes is likely to be O.K. and I don't have to have them 'verified'.

I hope I am not out of line here. I don't want this to seem like I am on a personal witch hunt but the more I look into this seller the more suspicious I get.

Not to beat a dead horse, but if you search this guy's 'completed listings' you will see, IMO, mostly fakes easily matched to examples documented on FAC fake reports.

I don't have time to post much at the moment but something smells here. Yes, he pulled the Constantia coin (as well as the Vetranio) but was that in good faith or was it because he got caught. Is this guy an artifact specialist only, with no knowledge of ancient coins, or is he just playing the 'ignorance is bliss' card.

I would like to see what he offers in the future before considering any nomination for the NFSL on FAC.

But.....as a seller myself, when I sell something that I am not well versed in, I take a few minutes to search the appropriate sites to get a ballpark figure for what the item should sell for. Many of the coins this guy sold would have realized MUCH greater prices had they been real, so either he lives in lala land, or is too busy, or he is deaf and couldn't hear the sirens going off....OR, he knows they are fake and is just happy that there are buyers willing to throw their hard earned money down the drain.

Here is just one example of the Romulus coin that sold for a mere 90 Euros

His sold coin:

Die match from Fake reports?


Apologies for my rant.

Thoughts and/or rebuke and/or flogging appreciated

-BD

You rant away BD :)

P.P. - I think that Ski may not be referring to 'through_the_ages_antiquities' (your seller who I also couldn't find on the list), but he may be referring to Saxby's who are on the NOTORIOUS FAKE SELLERS LIST.

Thank-you, Ski.

As I suspected. No 'through_the_ages_antiquities', but 'Saxbys' is there.

I am afraid the diversion to discussion of Saxbys was my fault originally, as I suspected that may have been the source of some of these coins, so I apologise for that.

However I do not agree that whether or not he is knowingly selling fakes is the only issue. Whilst that may be the most serious reason for condemnation, it is relevant if someone who sets themselves up as a dealer in ancients is so inexperienced that they might source their stock from entirely untrustworthy sources, with no ability to recognise clear fakes and forgeries themselves, in the hope that by obtaining non-extent super bargains on rare coins in such a way, and a quick sale, they can make a hefty profit with a minimum of effort.