Posted 01/19/2014 07:49 am
I have put in quite an effort into building a 'black' reference collection of fake ancient coins over the last couple of years or so. I am also in the process of building a reasonable collection of written references on the subject.
Obverse looks OK in the pictures the reverse obviously looks suspicious to me. The lumps on the reverse strongly suggest evidence of casting.
I see no reason why a mount of the correct diameter could not be found, and thus no reason why the coin, if genuine, should have been so drastically interfered with, to fit the mount.
The tribute penny is a rather a famous coin type and I would assume it is one of the most faked of ancient coins.
One of the easiest ways to detect fakes in ancient coins is to carefully examine the edge. This needs to be done 'in hand' and this case, the ebay bidder is denied this sort of examination.
Obverse looks OK in the pictures the reverse obviously looks suspicious to me. The lumps on the reverse strongly suggest evidence of casting.
I see no reason why a mount of the correct diameter could not be found, and thus no reason why the coin, if genuine, should have been so drastically interfered with, to fit the mount.
The tribute penny is a rather a famous coin type and I would assume it is one of the most faked of ancient coins.
One of the easiest ways to detect fakes in ancient coins is to carefully examine the edge. This needs to be done 'in hand' and this case, the ebay bidder is denied this sort of examination.
Edited by sel_69l
01/19/2014 08:04 am
01/19/2014 08:04 am
