I Finally Got My First Coin

I agree it is a cast fake. I hope you can get your money back.

What makes you guys say it is a cast fake?

When you say cast, do you mean cast coin or cast die and then a coin struck from that cast die?

What is up with those waxy, whitish looking deposits on the reverse?

Did not expect this. The seller has 100% satisfaction rating over hundreds of transactions, so I trusted the seller. I know those ratings don't mean everything. I have a 14 day return option from the time I receive it...so I'm not burned yet, but it is disappointing. Does anyone think it's real? Maybe when I get it I can post better photos.

I'm in agreement too,it's a cast replica I'm afraid

I m sorry that your first purchase was a fake. There are good coins out there for reasonable prices. As others have said please do not let this discourage you.

Firstly Nero was ugly ..... but not that ugly !
Personally I am unsure if it is cast. But the odd rough spots on the edges could well correspond to the point where a sprue was attached.

Needless to say Nero does not look right at all ! The face looks as if a small face were placed on a 'normal' sized head.
I myself largely gave up on silver 25 years ago due to the high quality fakes which I was being shown by 'experts' whom I trusted.

When buying silver ancients it is best to go through a larger sized dealer who specializes in ancients. The prices for 1st century can be daunting. At this time I think you may be best advised to go after that Caligula you always wanted. I have seen many bronze asses of Caligula in rather fine condition selling for under $100. Claudius for even less !

We will advise you if you post pictures

Can buyer please send link, with auction info so we can see if they are a bad dealer, and how the auctions are going? It helps us confirm a fake if we notice an auction seller with hundreds of private bids, location in Russia, and or other fake coins.
Then can I suggest to the moderators that we setup a standard warning link or permanent topic section labeled, Before you buy that coin?" In there, we provide a link the the fake coin network or a site that has most of the fake casts, the list of all the banned ebay dealers; a little warning about not trusting ebay, especially when dealer has hundreds of 100 positive comments and private bids.

Some here are skeptical it is fake. My gut tells me it is fake, but I could be wrong. Further, if I see the auction and garner some facts from there I can further confirm it. A year into this and, I don't know a lot, but feeling it's fake. I just find it tedious to have to keep listing the individual warnings for ebay buyers, so feel we need to setup some helpful standard info.