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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8153121, member: 128351&quot;][ATTACH=full]1422323[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My modest collection of fakes...</p><p>Nice uncles, aunts or distant relatives, when they had been visiting Tunisia, Turkey, Jordan and other Mediterranean countries, sometimes brought me old coins. &quot;I know you are interested in ancient coins, I remembered you when a shepherd proposed me this one near the ruins of such and such place ! Do you think it is authentic?&quot; - &quot;Oooh thank you, I said, this is veeery nice!&quot; I usually don&#039;t reply it is a tourist fake... </p><p>Relatives who know me better do not bring me fakes but authentic ones, essentially radiates, LRBs or even small Greek fractions of obols. Or for my birthday I have been offered gorgeous coins from reputed dealers, and which make my pride. </p><p>The aureus was not a present, I bought it many years ago in a jewellery shop. It&#039;s real gold, it is struck, but I think the obv. die was a cast from a real coin and its weight is 7.26 g when Manlia Scantilla authentic aurei have an average weight c. 6.70 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fakes, anyone?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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