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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 3266450, member: 31620&quot;]Whilst I am 100% convinced that these are cast copies I can see that there is sime doubt amongst the community. I decided to search for more indirect evidence to back up my assertions. I decided to go through the offerings of the seller of the new example to see what else they have/have had for sale. </p><p><br /></p><p>Amongst them are things that set the alarm belss going. I am not sure if people have seen the recent batches of entirely unconvincing early medieval and Byzantine things that have been created by what looks like someone getting hold of a soldering iron and producing very crude dies from the from which they kick out very crude coins. Let&#039;s face it the originals are crude too...right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860522[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]860523[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This doesn&#039;t back up my thought process above though. Then I stumble across these two. Sold by the same seller. Sold about a month apart. Same dies, same strike and wear and yet different coins, with </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860524[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]860525[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]860526[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]860527[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the clincher for me. I am going to be doing a bit of research over my Christmas break to try and identify more of these LRB fakes. I hate being duped but enjoy calling these guys out if I am.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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