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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8340999, member: 84744&quot;]I corresponded with [USER=115909]@Gam3rBlake[/USER] about this coin, raising some concerns, and they encouraged me to raise my worries here.&nbsp; We&#039;re both curious to hear what others think.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few details about this coin, especially the obverse, that give me pause. Otho denarii <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/thumbnails.php?search=otho+denarius&amp;submit=search&amp;album=search&amp;title=on&amp;newer_than=&amp;caption=on&amp;older_than=&amp;keywords=on&amp;type=AND" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/thumbnails.php?search=otho+denarius&amp;submit=search&amp;album=search&amp;title=on&amp;newer_than=&amp;caption=on&amp;older_than=&amp;keywords=on&amp;type=AND" rel="nofollow">are frequently faked</a>, so one has to be extra vigilant!&nbsp; Here are my main concerns:</p><p><br /></p><p>• I can&#039;t find a die match for the obverse, or anything even close (I didn&#039;t try for the reverse).&nbsp; The portrait doesn&#039;t fit comfortably with any of the types described by <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Muona%20Otho" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Muona%20Otho" rel="nofollow">Muona</a>.</p><p>• The portrait style is very odd. I note in particular the shape of the face/nose, the forehead hair, and the hairstyle at the back. I can&#039;t find anything like it.</p><p>• The letterforms in the legends are distinctly odd. Otho denarii don&#039;t usually have squared-off letters like this.</p><p>• The legend spacing and legend stops are odd. Look in particular at the huge space between &quot;IMP&quot; and &quot;M&quot; as well as the very prominent legend stop between &quot;M&quot; and &quot;OTHO&quot;.&nbsp; Again, I can&#039;t find anything like this, especially the gargantuan legend stop. The obverse legend also ends around 4 o&#039;clock, which is extremely unusual.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion the ANACS certification isn&#039;t worth much for ancients.&nbsp; Gam3r pointed out that the coin came from Heritage, a reliable auction house, which is a good point.&nbsp; However, I wonder how much Heritage&#039;s reliability depends on their heavy use of NGC... which they evidently did <i>not</i> make use of for this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do y&#039;all think?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my Otho, posted many times.&nbsp; But it&#039;s one of my favourites:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479032[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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