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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 8372069, member: 80952&quot;]I sometimes buy from an auction house that makes some silly errors. They attribute coins with plenty of details ... but for some reason they are often close but ... wrong. </p><p>Here are 2 examples from the same auction. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1485662[/ATTACH]</p><p>Original description </p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla (as Caesar, 196-198) AR denarius. Rome </p><p>M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF - bareheaded and draped bust right </p><p>Rev: DESTINATO IMPERAT - Implements of the priesthood: lituus, apex, bucranium, and simpulum. </p><p>RIC IV.1 6 note. RSC 53.</p><p>2,96 gr, 18 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>...Bucranium? where? </p><p>Obviously they had this coin in mind </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1485663[/ATTACH]</p><p>But the difference is not exactly subtle. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another example, from the same auction, where I wasn&#039;t careful to doublecheck their attribution.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1485664[/ATTACH]</p><p>Description </p><p><br /></p><p>Geta 198-212 AD, as Caesar, AR Denarius, Rome Mint, ca. 200-202 AD.</p><p>Obv: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, seen from behind, right </p><p>Rev: PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Geta in military dress standing left, holding baton and sceptre, to the right trophy </p><p>RIC IV 18 C</p><p>3.01 gr. 18 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually ... checking the obverse legend (pointed by a CT member), it is a Caracalla&nbsp; M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF&nbsp; with similar reverse. And I wasn&#039;t happy because I wanted a Geta coin. </p><p>My fault also as I should have doublechecked. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is when I started to attribute coins myself as even if I do not have access to many physical references, I like checking on multiple websites to have the coin correctly attributed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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