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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 7781189, member: 118780&quot;]You seem to have a lot of trust in Heritage, but I hope you remember that they&#039;re one of the more controversial auctioneers, <i>specifically</i> around coin grading. Here&#039;s the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/1227/156.html?sh=50450952e074" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/1227/156.html?sh=50450952e074" rel="nofollow">Forbes article</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I too am new to ancient coins. I just started collecting in December. For each coin I buy, I do two things:</p><p>1) Only buy it from a reputable dealer or auction house. For every single one, I research it here and elsewhere to see if there are any complaints.</p><p>2) For each coin, I research the heck out of it. I find any academic papers and read them to understand the motivations behind minting the coin. I look up fakes on Forum. I find copies at ANS or the British Museum and verify that they&#039;re similar to the target coin.</p><p>3) I also heavily research the coin at past auctions to understand what it may be worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is one particular auction house mentioned often on this forum that I don&#039;t use because they&#039;ve had too high a proportion of fakes. There are other auction houses I trust, but I chose against bidding on a coin because the weight/look just didn&#039;t seem right or the attribution was wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sorry, but just buying a slabbed coin because that gives you trust is just laziness. A slab/NGC certification is no guard against the coin being misattributed (and remember that attributions change with new research, so what once was accepted may now be incorrect).</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, right now I&#039;m debating on a slabbed coin from a reputable dealer, because my research indicated their attribution is sketchy, so I&#039;ve asked the auctioneer to provide what information they have to justify it before I bid.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need to do your homework, slabbed or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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