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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NG4, post: 1372197, member: 35878&quot;]I am about to buy my first ancient.. and I&#039;m a bit dubious being a newcomer as to wether I can trust an Ebayer, even when he says it has been authenticated. Ok... by who?</p><p><br /></p><p>The one in question is this one...</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONSTANTIUS-II-329-AD-Heraclea-Certified-Authentic-Coin-/380335631252?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item588dc52b94#ht_1273wt_1398" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONSTANTIUS-II-329-AD-Heraclea-Certified-Authentic-Coin-/380335631252?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item588dc52b94#ht_1273wt_1398" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONSTANTIUS-II-329-AD-Heraclea-Certified-Authentic-Coin-/380335631252?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item588dc52b94#ht_1273wt_1398</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Or one like it. I was going to make an offer... but it says it has been authenticated by &quot;sergey nechayev phd numismatic expert&quot;.</p><p>How does one go about checking credentials? Or is it just a crap shoot with anything on Ebay that isn&#039;t graded?</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I was just going to collect U.S. coins since that would keep me busy enough with out dabbling in other countries metals.... but then I realized I wanted to have a really old coin. I swear if I could afford a Lydian stater coin i would buy one... but then, wouldn&#039;t we all?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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