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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Don Chetland, post: 2890581, member: 90737&quot;]This is my first - I&#039;m not sure how to reply to this forum or whether I&#039;m replying in the correct area, but as a lifelong Roman collector and seeing how expensive a really nice bronze can be, several years ago I came across a book by Zander H Klawans - Imitations &amp; Inventions of Roman Coins - dealing solely with large imitation bronzes by Giovani da Cavino from his workshop in Padua Italy in the 16th Century, which are now eminently collectible especially if you can find an original struck example. Casts were made from these struck &#039;medallions&#039; of which first generation casts are now very collectible and then casts from casts which can be pretty dreadful but still turn up at auction. Below is a pik of one of my trays collected over ten years or so, now becoming more difficult to win at auction but still good fun to try......Real fakes meant to fool new collectors and experienced collectors alike now abound on Ebay, mostly from workshops in Bulgaria and eastern Europe.....if it&#039;s a rare coin and cheap then it&#039;s invariably fake.</p><p>Be careful and study first</p><p><img src="https://apis.mail.yahoo.com/ws/v3/mailboxes/@.id==VjJ-nUUCnNgvMDPbzX_tbycXAZHwGsDqROzIfMP1gqFqxtvpTJhlfoSetdh8x4jS69vJ86tc_di0L4iGhoiOid0EAQ/messages/@.id==ABdMyAoAADpQWfS9dwKAoDLtphk/content/parts/@.id==2/thumbnail?appId=YahooMailNeo&amp;pid=2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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