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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
1204 Posts |
Hello, Just bought a cheap coin of ebay, 33mm and 19grams, quite big! My problem: I dont have a clue what I have bought! It was worth a risk and I hope anyone can help me with this one: Thanks in advance!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3444 Posts |
Looks like ....... Commodus. But whether it is genuine or not (is it silver ?) I am unsure. Something strange about the reverse edge at 6:30 ..... looks filed
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3444 Posts |
The more I look the less I like it ...... Looks like an NG20 to me
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Pillar of the Community
 Netherlands
1204 Posts |
If its a fake ill cancel the transaction of course, havnt payed jet..other opinions?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Its fake, the whole stock of the guy's was. I wrote to him about it, no response.
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
This is one of the worse fakes I've seen a some time.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I am not familiar with this. That, in this case, leads me to suspicion. At least, that is my 'gut' feeling here.
I would be thinking 'deliberately corroded' cast fake. The 'corrosion' is to hide detail, to make it harder to identify.
The tooled edge make me negatively curious.
It would only have very little value even if it was genuine, which I doubt.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
Aww man..it's a fake for sure.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
1204 Posts |
I have send him a message to cancel the transaction, thanks to all of you. He just cancelled my purchase and send me the message it was genuine  right.. Edited by Dutchgulden
08/09/2013 04:35 am
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
This is a poor cast fake of a fake which is in turn a copy of a fake...... Here is the original fake.... Which is a Paduan AE sestertius medallion of Commodus, by or after Giovanni Cavino, Italian 16th century obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS BRIT laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, r. rev: PM TR P X IMP VII COS IIII PP Salus seated l., holding patera from which she feeds serpent coiled around a tree; statue (Baccus?) atop short column before her at left; SALVS in exe. cf: Klawans pp. 96-7, 1; Vierordt 1749.  In more recent times this fake has been faked to produce these....  The OP coin is a cast fake of one of these... Martin |
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Posted 08/08/2013 5:25 pm
