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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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A typical "tribute penny" of Tiberius. It tested positive on silver. But I'm still not sure what to think of it. Did it survive the ages this well or is t a good fake? What do you think? 3.0 gr.   Edited by Archeo1982
02/15/2021 7:23 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
870 Posts |
That does not look "well survived". Heavily tooled or outright fake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3499 Posts |
Archeo1982 - I'm sorry to say, but the surfaces and the lettering really do not look right to me. It seems most likely fake.
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Moderator
 United States
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@archeo, can you please post a couple pics of the edge? Thx. For sure the fields are quite porous and I wonder if there will be any evidence of a casting seam.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
At best it's a Limes, but most likely fake.
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New Member
United States
32 Posts |
I wouldn't buy it. The missing details and pebbly surface yell "cast copy" and the patina looks too much like acrylic paint wash --or maybe just soot. When surfaces are so worn down that details are rubbed off (as happens), then why would the raised surfaces not be smooth? Instead they have the cast-coin gritty texture apparently --it's a "detail" that "should" rub away if they were really handled so much.
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Valued Member
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Cast fake, not a particularly good one.
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Pillar of the Community
 Netherlands
521 Posts |
That was what I feared. I got this one a present from family last year. I believe it wasn't that expensive, but still more than one should pay for a fake. I "Aggressively" cleaned it a bit to see more details. ]   Edited by Archeo1982
02/16/2021 07:37 am
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
521 Posts |
According to my family it was purchased from the Britisch ebay seller: rainraw in august 2019. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1120 Posts |
That seller is on the "Notorious Fake Seller list" NFSL.
Sorry about that, I can't say it's never happened to me.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
521 Posts |
This is interesting: I wrote this Rainraw an e-mail about the fake coin and got this answer:
"Good morning
If you don't like it you can send me back and I'll give you full refund
Sorry for any inconvenience
Have a nice day
Thanks"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1120 Posts |
Good for you, return it ASAP. Some of us don't have that opportunity
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Moderator
United States
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Good news!  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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good luck getting your money back, but we have already established the guy is a crook and lies and rips people off on a consistent basis.
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