It's a fake, pure and simple. I don't think it's even trying to pass as genuine. The details are too sharp, the patina too even, the surfaces too...
I would agree with @JayAg47... the Commodus coin looks real, and the other two may also be genuine from a style perspective, although the surfaces...
Hold on a second - isn't Slavey Petrov the same Slavey who makes all those Bulgarian fakes? For the record, I would agree with @Fugio1 in that I...
Apologies if it doesn't pass the "ancient" test, but I thought it made for an interesting story / writeup which some of our European members might...
Does this count? There is actually an interesting story behind this piece. Back in the '80s, when I was living in Europe (and regulations around...
Unfortunately, there are also auction houses that sell fakes even when you let them know they're fake. This Baletium tetrobol was sold by Lansky...
I don't see anything that immediately jumps out at me about the coin being fake. That green (verdigris?) patina looks thick and I can't imagine...
Weird but cool! It looks like the coin is silver under all that dark patina and the bust size looks the same as the regular antoninianus, so my...
Thanks to everyone for your responses. I echo previous comments in that I have bought many other coins from Lanz over the years that have been...
I learned a ton from your early web pages, @dougsmit. I discovered that a Postumus I had acquired in the UK in the 80s was actually an Aureolus,...
The treatment that the conservator used is legit. Benzotriazole is often used in neutralizing bronze disease; it is used in metal passivation...
Like many others in this forum, I have a love/hate relationship with ebay. I've both bought and sold many coins on ebay over maybe 20+ years, and...
This antoninianus of Postumus was $US 17 including S&H from a French ebayer. Just received it this month. Looks like it just came out of the...
The control mark does kind of look like a knife, with the handle at the top and the rather large blade pointed downwards. The blade doesn't look...
I remember visiting Fort York in Toronto and reading in one of the displays that a few late Roman bronzes were found in excavations on the site,...
I'm definitely not an expert in this area, but the style looks different from all the other Sinope drachms (including the CNG group mentioned...
Hello Everyone, The numismatist Hubert Lanz (and others on EBay) been posting a series of these legionary denarii of Marc Antony for some time...
If the seller is selling even one fake, then I would always be wondering in the back of my mind if the "authentic" coin I would buy from this...
Well said, @kevin McGonigal! Along my collecting journey I have invariably picked up some fakes and have learnt many difficult lessons as a...
Totally agree with @The Trachy Enjoyer and @robinjojo on EBay. See my earlier post "Caveat Emptor". In the earlier days, I would report fake...
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