I know a few out there. It depends on what your criteria are. Here are some more to avoid. Produced by the same people as your fake and...
I was sorry to be the bearer of the bad news Bing but recognised it as soon as I saw it. Martin
Here is one for comparison. [IMG] Your flan certainly looks like two cast halves joined together. Regards, Martin
I have spotted about a dozen or so since around December last year.
There is nothing wrong with the style of the Papius. It is a high pressure cast fake of a genuine coin. These are spotted by identical coins...
Bing, I am sorry to tell you but that one is a cast fake. Here is one I added to the Forum fake reports as confirmation... [IMG]
Roman and a he...looks like Arcadius
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My obsession continues. This time from a slightly later, reduced size issue. Another nicely detailed example. Constantine the Great , AE3 Obv:–...
Here is a matching example from a fakes databse... [IMG] A modern fake I am afraid.
The cake decorator wrote what was on the booking... "Best wishes Susanne and underneath We will miss you." The "and underneath" shouldn't be...
You can also look out for the more common, dated, coded coins:- Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG CONS III, Radiate bust left in imperial mantle,...
Nice. Here is my example of the type:- [IMG] and a not so nice Hercules type:- Obv:– IMP C PROBVS AVG CONS II, Radiate bust left in imperial...
There aren't any matches in the fakes databases. I am leaning towards two great coins.
Two lovely looking coins.
Double die duplicates of rare varieties are a weakness of mine... Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate...
Where to start... Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG, Laureate head right Rev:– TR P IIII IMP II COS, Mars standing...
Accurate weights are also very important.
From what I have seen this is typical of Lugdunum.
Another week, another LRB, another Lugdunum. This time Julian II. I haven't managed to get one of his Votives from Lugdunum before. Julian II -...
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