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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am thinking of purchasing this Orbiana Denarius, RIC 319. I believe this coin to be authentic but wanted your opinions before I put down a substantial amount of money.   OBV: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed & draped bust right REV: CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera & double cornucopiae |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe it is modern style and would not touch it. Certainly search for matches in the fake reports and see what the seller says about getting a Sear certificate.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks Doug. I think I found one like it in the fakes reports. At least it's close enough to make me doubt it. I'll stay away from it. In someone's famous words: If there is a doubt, there is no doubt.
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Moderator
 United States
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I agree with Doug, these coins are hard to come by and this one looks too good to be true.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The first question that appealed to my eye is the style.
Compare with similar denarii on the 'VCOINS' website, where you can also compare for price, and the WILDWINDS site for style.
After you have peroused enough appropriate images, come back again on this thread again with some of your opinions.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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It is a modern Bulgarian fake and identified as such by Dr. Ilya Prokopov. Here is one from the same fake dies for comparison:-  Martin |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Maridvnvm: Good work!
Looks like the seller needs to be informed!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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"If you want to hide a tree, put in a forest".
Have a look at the VCOINS website, search for Orbiana.
There are lots of similar dies for this type. That makes it easier to hide a fake coin in among the genuine ones.
That makes it harder for the honest non specilaist ancient coin dealer, who may be a bit lacking in his identification skills. Probably explains why the Bulgarians have picked on the coins of Orbiana.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah Martin, that is the one I saw. Thanks everyone for responding so quickly.
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Pillar of the Community
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Man, it is a real shame => the whole "fake issue" certainly puts a bit of a black-eye on collecting ancients coins, or any type of coins for that matter, eh?  => "Buyer Beware" |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's one thing about this forum. At least here you can ask for advice and opinions before you spend those hard earned bucks.
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Posted 07/11/2012 11:15 pm
