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Sorry, thought you could type Greek directly in.
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Hi everyone, I continue to see the common Euboia Histaia tetrobol fake in the inventories of even honest dealers. Please check your inventories if you are stocking coins of this type. Barry P. Murphy alerted the industry to this some time ago. I corresponded with him well over a decade ago after I discovered I had acquired some of those fakes (as many reputable dealers and collectors had). I have only 2 authentic ones only in my collection and both have good provenance (one is from Barry P. Murphy, the other is ex BCD). A good reminder for everyone to read his article. The style of the fakes is different to official issues. Once you've read the article below and looked at the photo you should be equipped to distinguish the authentic from the fake ones/ Photos: http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/image...taiacomp.jpgArticle: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/mo...aia_001.htmlEdited by greekandromancoins
06/08/2017 12:38 am
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If someone wanted to add the other 72 of these coins that would be very nice. If you right click the photos at the website for the auction house selling them the photo comes out as only 50 kb so no real work required except some right clicking and pasting in text here. Here is the website below and the first of the 73 coins. https://www.deamoneta.com/auctions/...h/518?q=fakeLot 169 Etruria, Populonia, 3rd century BC. Fake 5 Asses (14mm, 1.79g). Diademed and bearded head r.; V to l. R/ Blank. Cf. Vecchi EC, 89. Modern fake for study  Edited by louisvillekyshop
07/03/2017 2:46 pm
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I noticed that there are more sellers on ebay who sell Anglosaxon pennies, Merovingian & Anglosaxon sceatta's and Carolingian denari. Most of them are clearly fakes made out of pewter. Easy to see in most cases but sold for high prices to people who think it was a bargain. Is there a policy at ebay to ban this kind of scammers? Because they sell it as antiques I only buy ebay coins that are corroded or holed etc. to make sure they are genuine. Edited by Archeo1982
04/08/2018 06:51 am
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Thanks for posting the good information.
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An obvious modern replica I came across today. I know there's actually a market for such unconvincing reproductions, being sold to those who are numismatically unsophisticated, sometimes from necessity in jurisdictions where it's illegal to sell authentic ancients. But given that genuine bronze issues of Constantine are so available and generally inexpensive, it still bothers me that these worthless trinkets have a any sort of niche at all.   Colligo ergo sum
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A friend who likes to buy ancients just sent me this ebay posting for an item. Of course no exact attribution (other than JC portrait denaruis & the wt at 3.86g). It's fixed price at around $750.   Edited by Gallienus
10/19/2018 6:23 pm
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Hi everyone! Do people ever sell fakes that are dirty and unclean? Basically look caked with solid dirt? Thanks!
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