So if you're going to sell a cast fake...

...maybe you shouldn't go out of your way to take pics of the edge that CLEARLY show a seam, lol.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ancient-sil...429738?hash=item2a632b9faa:g:LBsAAOSwh-1W5EG-

See the last two images.

 

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To be fair, I doubt he knows it is a fake if he is showing an indicator. I do not know ancients enough to know that is a fake either.

 

LOL! Plus, it's Gallienus, not Marcus Aurelius.

 

Ah, Besides being a cast fake, and a alleged 'Provincial TET,' I was wondering why it so badly resembled Marcus Aurelius....

 

You don't really have to know anything about ancients to spot an obvious cast. There are bubbles on the surfaces, a seam around the edge, and all the devices are soft, with too much detail to be circulation wear.

 

I think I will buy it and have it slabbed...

 

So, what, you think he should be more like this guy: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ancient-Roman-silver-denarius-Marcus-Aurelius/182058001548 ? At least this one is actually Marcus Aurelius, lol.

 

In the new concrete patio you're getting poured, I hope?

 

look at this gem from the same seller!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/coin-ancien...934508?hash=item2812abb42c:g:tX4AAOSwX~dWm~KV

 

Just so we don't lose this valuable source of laughter, here are those images:



Another "Aegina" from the same seller, albaprince2000:



...and another "Aegina" (and there are more!):




Not in to Greeks, you say? How about a nice "Caligula denarius" for only $800?

 

Sadly, I am all spent up.

 

Here's that other fake Markus Aurelius I linked to upthread. It's pretty funny, too.

 

The seller (from Albania) notes "not sure for authentication".

Yeah, not sure....

 

To be fair, non-native English speakers might have a problem remembering whether it's "not sure" or "sure not".

 

Please compare my coin in the upper right. Perhaps I could improve it with a hammer and other tools to match its die mate or should I just ask $8000 for it as a better specimen? This is the Slavey. They were easy to get in the 90's but I only bought the ones in the photo at $4 each. Foolish me. I bought real coins none of which went up as much as this one.


I seem to have lost the individual images from which I made this group. Sorry.

 

Those are mighty convincing. I most certainly would have paid the price and probably wouldn't have known the difference till someone pointed out to me.

 

I tried to find the "made in Bulgaria" stamp but it wasn't clear on the photos.

 

There seems to be absolutely no policing of fake coins on eBay - as there is with fake Louis Vuitton or fake Gucci fashion items.

I only buy from a few trusted professional coin dealers on eBay. Almost everything else that is offered is either junk or fake.