Hello everyone. This is a coin in a auction that I saw, and it seems tobe a obvious fake. I am trying to get better at telling when a coin is authentic or not. other opinions?
Nothing screams fake to me. The style looks right. The fabric looks right. It is darkly toned and looks like someone buffed the high points a little bit. What in particular do you find worrisome? Here are some comparisons: CNG ACsearch
I thought that perhaps the reverse seemed to be modern made. I am looking at buying books on ancient coins so I can learn more, but I am having a hard time finding the right books
Looks OK from the photo. Aside from what @TIF already said it looks as if it might have been lacquered as well (a common practice 100 years ago).
Based on the photo alone certainly not a recognized one, unless its in an antique auction or something else (Ebay).
@Charles1997 , the OP coin looks very nice. You might have spurred some of us to go looking for it and bid against you!
I found it, but unless you live close to South Carolina you are out of luck as they wont ship. Pick up only.
I wasn't wanting to buy it, I was curious if it was authentic or not. I thought it was fake because the patina didn't look right to me
I would compare it to similar coins in databases like WILDWINDS, then check out the FORUM site - they have an excellent list of current fakes that has saved me from a few wayward purchases.
I was the underbidder on the Velia and on the Celtic AV stater. I dropped out of bidding on the Henry VIII AV angel many increments before the hammer. I was really just looking for a bargain today and while the Velia and Celtic coins sold for below what I believe is the real market value (based on my estimate of what they would fetch if sold through an ancient coin auction house or in a fixed price store), I really shouldn't be spending that much on coins right now . It will be interesting to see where these coins appear next. Will they pop up in a Vcoins store? In an major ancient coin company's auction? I'm already kicking myself a little bit for not trying another increment or two on the Velia or Celtic... in part because of the interesting pedigree. These coins were from the estate of Millicent Rogers, the granddaughter and heiress of Standard Oil tycoon Henry Huttleston Rogers. She was an art collector, socialite, and fashion icon. ... The buyer's premium was 25% (gasp!), so with BP the Henry VII AV angel sold for $1750, the Velia didrachm $625, and the Celtic AV stater (Trinovantes) for $813. I scrambled to get registered with this auction company and hour before the coins hit the block I was on the phone trying to figure out how to pick them up. The auction company doesn't ship!! I located a local (to the auction) courier service who would pick them up and ship them to me for $40. ... For posterity, here are those coins. You sure can tell this company is not an ancient coin house! There were only four coins in this auction (mostly paintings, antique furnishings, etc). Henry VIII AV angel, 5.2 gm Lucania, Velia; didrachm, 7.5 gm Britain; Catuvellauni & Trinovantes. Uninscribed AV stater, 5.8 gm (that inscrutable obverse is a "stylized head of Apollo")