http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322022544101?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT Do you think they have a bargain?
My interests in discovery of such a hoard only lies in the schadenfreude it would bring In that sense, this is definitely a welcome sight, but hardly exciting. There was a fantasy aureus on Ebay sold for 6k just month or so ago and there were 47 bids lol.
Fear not. It is not too late but you will have to put in some work to make it look that beat up or should I say 'genuine'. This is the Antiquanova replica. It comes in pot metal for $3 and real silver for $18 but the silver ones are marked with a fancy S over the hat so I assume this is the cheap one. I suppose there might be some marked at the bottom where the eBay coin has that damage (conveniently to remove the S???). I suggest you buy a few hundred and bury them somewhere in the UK along with a note explaining that they were buried there by escaping survivors of Brutus' defeated army. I'd do that but no one would believe that they sailed to America before burying the hoard. People can be stupid but we must not push the matter too far. Now here is an unpopular opinion: Most of the Antiquanova replicas (not 'fakes since the company makes no claim to their being anything but copies) are bad style (that Brutus portrait is typically awful) but a few of their dies are good enough that you might consider making jewelry out of them. I'd rather you buy them than mounting real coins. They could be fashioned into a chess set or used to play Monopoly or flipped to begin sporting events. Best of all, you could fashion a couple of these into cuff links that would give people on Coin Talk in the next century something to talk about when your great grandchildren found them in you dresser. A serious question: Are any of the known EID MAR denarii known to be ex-jewelry?
looks at the other items he has for sale...some real bargains. plenty of stuff for you to bid on still pish!
