I expected the same. In the current situation, somebody is going to have to have a couple hundred dollars tied up for a while. I simply think it...
There was really nothing to raise red flags to me with the coin in hand, though I own fewer than 10 denarii and have limited experience. In...
I like generous attributions, especially for coins I don't know much about. For some, it's obvious that ANNO runs down the left field of that...
Both of these "Macrini" look great! OP coin is a real eye-popper. Can somebody give me a tutorial on the desirability of Macrinus coins? It's...
UPDATE: I emailed the seller on Thursday and heard back today. The seller began his email with “You are right.” A good sign. The seller went on...
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I have always understood tooling to be artificial means to make devices (letters, hair, portrait, other features) stand out with greater sharpness...
It’s where all the nerdy men go to pick up hot chicks. You know, like Agrippina, Julia Domna, Plautilla, Helena...
Just out of curiosity, how much does an authentication service cost? I’m afraid that by the time I would go through the trouble of an external...
I agree. And I don't think it's a photo of the same coin. I just can't imagine why someone would cast a coin that had an obvious, unusual...
I can appreciate the frustration. I've patronized VCoins dealers for years and will continue to do so. I am hoping that this experience is an...
I don’t claim to have the expertise to render judgments about other peoples’ coins. I’ve proclaimed someone else’s coin a fake only once on this...
I didn't buy the eBay coin. I bought a VCoins coin. The eBay coin alerted me to the likelihood that I had bought a fake.
Ha. I think the E obverse graffito is pretty dispositive on this one. Hard to imagine two separate, authentic coins with the same precise...
I thought about that possibility as well. But if my coin is associated with a fake at all, it's tainted for me. This particular coin type is...
Here are the dealer's terms: "We proudly subscribe to the VCoins Dealer Code of Ethics... [X] guarantees the authenticity of all of its items...
For the record, I didn't buy from eBay. I bought the coin from a VCoins dealer. The coin that raised red flags for me was on eBay, which has...
So late last night I was scrolling through eBay and saw a coin that looked mighty familiar. Upon closer scrutiny, I realized why it was familiar....
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Hmmmm...maybe. But I would probably just stay with the equally generic "AE nummus" unless I returned to the AE1-4 system. Of course, I'm...
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