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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YOC, post: 1842493, member: 58941&quot;]I have seen several like this, slightly rough surface, patina just wrong alongside several Nerva fakes at London coin fair a few years back. They were on display as fakes.&nbsp; I do not know the process used to make these, pressing or casting? The lettering seems to run into the roughness at 3 oclock and in my opinion the lettering looks too thin and wavy, such as the X on PONT MAX.&nbsp; The portrait is not that &#039;Hadrian&#039; like either.&nbsp; For a green patina this even you would expect a &#039;glossiness&#039; to the coin and ........ I wish I could phrase it better...it just screams of being a fake. </p><p>I know I need to be more specific, but I see tiny things which add up and if offered this coin for £10 i wouldnt buy it.....and I&#039;ll buy just about anything, thats what my gut tells me.&nbsp; Eduard himself has obviously spotted something just isnt right, he cannot put his finger on it specifically, but he sort of has.....rough surface and patina all wrong.</p><p>Now heres the confession part.....</p><p>I got caught out on a similar coin 2 years ago..........not a Hadrian, but I&#039;ll get pics and shame myself by showing you all so you can call me an idiot..<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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