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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 5340217, member: 80952&quot;][USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER] - I like it and the price was right, I think - 24 EUR + taxes. so under 30. I wanted one and I lost it in an auction, I liked that one better but I was overbid, I got this one in the same auction. The funny part was that it&#039;s one of my favorite coins, for the design... The price was OK and I don&#039;t want to send it back. Another bad part is that I didn&#039;t know the forgeries on these types reach this level. When I found out, I said it&#039;s no problem, since the coin is corroded, this would be a good sign.</p><p>I checked some <b>possible </b>fakes, as the situation is far from clear, and nothing seemed similar until I saw that article with the hoard and when I found the one I used for comparison things got very unclear.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] - thank you for your opinion and I hope you see I am quite serious in collecting and passionate, even if, after a hard day&#039;s work, I said that the R looking like an A is annoying <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I apologize if I offended any collector specialized in LRBs as this was far from my intention - I also have some LRBs and I study them as carefully as I do with 1st and 2nd century RIC, I just like them less. I pay attention to details as this is mandatory for this hobby and I like it. I am quite proud that I managed to identify almost all my coins without help, even if 3 months ago my contact with ancient coins was limited to a handful of LRBs that reached me by chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>My specialty is, or was, coins and banknotes from my country (I don&#039;t think US collectors are too interested in Romanian coins and notes, but if anybody is interested, I can help <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ). That is my comfort zone and it&#039;s difficult to be deceived (although never say never). Things are simpler - the forgeries are poor (for experienced collectors) and anyway if you have a doubt, you just weight the coin, study it with a magnifying glass and clarify. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hate fakes, generally speaking, and I wouldn&#039;t buy one and obviously I wouldn&#039;t sell one (I rarely sell anything, just sold 30 coins and notes in my 8 years of active collecting, and I sold those because I replaced them with better coins/notes). I have some fakes&nbsp; I kept just for fun, in a jar on my desk. A Romanian coin with an incorrect legend, used on a different coin (well done, guys) , a cast fake with an obverse from Poland and a reverse from France (...) and a what I thought was a coin from Milano, 13-14th century, got it from a numismatic fair about 5-6 years ago. For the equivalent of 5$. Of course it was a cheap fake, I found out then that&nbsp; when a seller rushes you into buying something and it&#039;s a bargain, things might be different than they look.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am new to ancient coins world and I want to study and make sure I buy pieces of history, not pieces of metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>May I ask what are other known VERY gray areas, because I want to avoid them? I know Athens owls are problematic and also the gold Koson coins, from my geographic area.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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