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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pishpash, post: 2381294, member: 71514&quot;]As usual I can&#039;t take a picture that looks like the coin in hand.&nbsp; This Quintillus looks smooth and darkly toned silver.&nbsp; The macro photo looks like a completely different coin.&nbsp; Hmm, a silver Quintillus, now that would be something.</p><p><br /></p><p>Husband nagged me into doing a &quot;density&quot; test, I found these instructions </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.numista.com/numisdoc/measure-a-coin-s-density-27.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.numista.com/numisdoc/measure-a-coin-s-density-27.html" rel="nofollow">http://en.numista.com/numisdoc/measure-a-coin-s-density-27.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My result was 7.29 absolutely nowhere near copper let alone silver.&nbsp; Just in case I was doing something wildly wrong, I tested a Constans coin.&nbsp; The result of that was 8.53 which is respectably close to the bronze rate.</p><p><br /></p><p>I tested the coin with a strong magnet and there was no reaction.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question is, do I have a fake?&nbsp; Is there any other explanation?&nbsp; I know that the test is not 100 percent accurate, but the Quintillus result is way, way out.</p><p><br /></p><p>The offending coin is below, and can I stress that it looks absolutely nothing like the photo!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]488072[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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