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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Poll Question
Here is a late Roman Bronze, with a typical ebay picture... Real or not?  
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's very hard to say. The coin has extraordinary detail and seems to have little to no wear, with no problems and seems to be a perfect, centered strike.
Coin could be fake or just a superb example of the type. Definitely not an Ancient Forgery. I would leave it to the experts to chime in on it's authenticity.
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Moderator
 United States
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IMO it's real and a very nice example at that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2563 Posts |
I don't know. I'm no expert on ancients, but I really think it's fake. But like I said, I'm no expert.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have no idea when it comes to ancients but I voted modern copy
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Valued Member
United States
188 Posts |
I voted not real because the diadem looks a bit off in style. I also don`t think there is a difference between not real and modern copy, because they are pretty much the same.
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New Member
United States
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I voted not real. Looks like a fake patina or a patina made from unnatural means. The coin just doesn't look right. I don't like the color of the metal either. But I could be wrong....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I voted "not real", but not because I would think this coin is not real. If someone asks a question that seems to have an obvious answer (it's real...a common lrb, why fake it?), the opposite is usually true, or they wouldn't have asked. of course, if you can produce it for 2 bucks, and sell it for 4 bucks....it can be worth making a fake. I eagerly await the answer!
the only thing that would shock me would be the "ancient forgery".
Edited by chrsmat71
06/06/2014 01:31 am
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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To be honest, it looks ok to me, at least from the pic ..
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
I've also gone for it being real and ancient.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
Real and Ancient. The patina is typical and the amount of detail is not unheard of. Looks good to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
Nothing about it looks fake to me.
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
Kev, are you going to reveal if it's real or not?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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It's genuine, I think most knew that anyway but I made them unsure by asking the question in the first place. It's one from a lot of 150 coins that have just been sold, they went for 7 GBP a coin for the lot and they are all superb coins. Quote:
I also don`t think there is a difference between not real and modern copy, because they are pretty much the same. I new someone would say that, my own fault for not being specific enough. By modern copy, I mean a new coin made to fool collectors. By not real, I mean stuff made by places such as Westair Reproductions Limited. It was interesting to see how some of us are suspicious of a genuine coin when the condition is nice, I will post a few of the others later. You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well, it's a great looking coin.
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Posted 06/05/2014 9:45 pm
