Let's Stop This Fake Auction! :-)

Thanks, it can't hurt to try that too.

I'm no expert, but perhaps a photo of a genuine coin to compare may reinforce your complaint?

Report sent, hope it helps.

I frequently see coins on ebay that are obvious fakes yet there are numerous people bidding on them. I really don't know what to do about this since you really can't contact the bidders or the winner of the coin. It is nice to have a site like this to ask the opinion of others but unfortunately this problem is part of our hobby and something we have to deal with. I haven't let it discourage me. I once won a bid on a denarius of Vitellius and later realized it was a fake. I told the seller this before I paid for it and he apoligized only to put it up for bid again.

We used to see other bidders names in the bidder list, people were contacting the under-bidders and selling outside ebay, but now they hide them with codes like T**g.
ebay claimed they were protecting bidder identities and preventing outside sales and phishing.
I used to point out things to bidders about listing circumstances such as reproductions, fake coins or stolen images.

This is flawed however since you can still contact a bidder during an auction by researching feedback.
This way you can see what they said, who they are, and what they bid on.
So you can still contact anyone by doing an advanced search by bidder.
It just takes more effort on figuring out who is who and what they want to buy.
You can also make a case on shill bidding this way but you have to do some thinking.
I don't think ebay wants to lose bids and final value fees so they make it more difficult to tip off the bidders and they have less intervention to worry about and less to answer to.

I already tried finding this m***k (290) so don't waste your time on that tonight.
You'll have to wait for that item to receive feedback or get feedback from the seller. Match the listing description to the members name. In the listing that has ended, this "m***k (290)" may have been bidding on similar items.
In this case, I did a search on STATER CORINTH PEGAS PEGASUS looking for completed items where a bidder had around 290 feedback.
Often times ebay masks the name but still leaves a couple actual letters in it.
Then check the feedback rec and left by the seller.

This is just an example.
It is much easier doing a search for somebody who bid on something a bit more specific than ancient coins. Perhaps you can solve it easier for somebody who is bidding on or had bid on MAB GRIPS with around 1207 feedback.
( In this case feedback has not been left yet but you can bookmark the listing for later )

Like I said, it takes some thinking and some leg work but it can be done.

Just for fun, if I remember, and feel like following through to make the point, I can and might eventually find out who this bidder "m***k (290)" was and I will know what they are shopping for a little ways down the road. that is if feedback gets left.

Not for them, but for some of us who don't quite see the difference. I took the original post as a photo of a known counterfeit being compared to the coin in question.

I wouldn't blindly report anything like this to ebay or anybody else

Educate me, that's why I'm here.