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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 8343098, member: 84744"]I have news: the world expert on Otho denarii has condemned the coin. Case closed!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] had the great idea to contact Jyrki Muona, so I emailed him. (I also invited him to join CoinTalk which he tried to do, but no luck, unfortunately.) Here's what he said:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>I attempted to join, but there is confusion. Either I am already a member (possible, years ago) or they are unable to send me a password exchange email.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway. the coin. There is absolutely NO chance that it is genuine Rome mint Otho. </p><ol> <li>The dots before M (faint) and after M in the IMP M OTHO obverse legend do not exist in any of the more than 500 dies I have recorded.</li> <li>The letter "I" in IMP starts in straight line from the extension of the neck. In all known right facing dies it is left of it and underneath the portrait.</li> <li> The shape of the back of the head and its hairdo are abnormal.</li> <li>The obverse legend break between CAESAR and AVG is at the forehead/hairline point. This is extremely rare, only four such dies are known.</li> <li>The head is unusually small, though not impossible.</li> <li>The weight is ridiculously high. Said to be a mistake. What rubbish for a slabbed coin that cannot be weighed now. </li> </ol><p>HERITAGE uses, I believe David Vagi and NGC for authentication. I bet anything he has not seen this thing reputedly authenticated by another firm. Who knows, perhaps the slabbing is a fake?. Should be returned and knowing HERITAGE - a fine firm - there is no problem.</p><p>s.</p><p>Jyrki Muona</p><p>professor emeritus</p><p>Helsinki</p><p>P.S. I noted that the member who bought it thought Otho did not mint a lot of coins. Actually, he minted more imperial coins per day than anyone else during the first century and all of those were produce by the mint in Rome.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>There's no question that Heritage will give a refund based on this expert opinion. I'm sure Dr. Muona would be happy to send it to them direct if they're concerned I might be making the message up. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 8343098, member: 84744"]I have news: the world expert on Otho denarii has condemned the coin. Case closed! [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] had the great idea to contact Jyrki Muona, so I emailed him. (I also invited him to join CoinTalk which he tried to do, but no luck, unfortunately.) Here's what he said: [INDENT]I attempted to join, but there is confusion. Either I am already a member (possible, years ago) or they are unable to send me a password exchange email. Anyway. the coin. There is absolutely NO chance that it is genuine Rome mint Otho. [LIST=1] [*]The dots before M (faint) and after M in the IMP M OTHO obverse legend do not exist in any of the more than 500 dies I have recorded. [*]The letter "I" in IMP starts in straight line from the extension of the neck. In all known right facing dies it is left of it and underneath the portrait. [*] The shape of the back of the head and its hairdo are abnormal. [*]The obverse legend break between CAESAR and AVG is at the forehead/hairline point. This is extremely rare, only four such dies are known. [*]The head is unusually small, though not impossible. [*]The weight is ridiculously high. Said to be a mistake. What rubbish for a slabbed coin that cannot be weighed now. [/LIST] HERITAGE uses, I believe David Vagi and NGC for authentication. I bet anything he has not seen this thing reputedly authenticated by another firm. Who knows, perhaps the slabbing is a fake?. Should be returned and knowing HERITAGE - a fine firm - there is no problem. s. Jyrki Muona professor emeritus Helsinki P.S. I noted that the member who bought it thought Otho did not mint a lot of coins. Actually, he minted more imperial coins per day than anyone else during the first century and all of those were produce by the mint in Rome.[/INDENT] There's no question that Heritage will give a refund based on this expert opinion. I'm sure Dr. Muona would be happy to send it to them direct if they're concerned I might be making the message up. :D[/QUOTE]
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