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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 24822495, member: 91820&quot;]Curtis - Blake Davis here - a couple of days ago I found a Caracalla sestertius for sale - a rather scarce one&nbsp; - on Italian ebay.&nbsp; A few months or so ago I had&nbsp; seen the identical coin on a Spanish seller&#039;s site in an online auction, but it was taken down, which of course rang alarm bells.&nbsp; The coin shows Caracalla on horseback spearing a fallen enemy who is holding up a shield and is inscribed PONTIFTRPXICOSIII along the top with PROFAVGG under the horse, rider and enemy.&nbsp; &quot;SC&quot; is under the horse. The coin weighs about 26 grams, 34mm. Not listed but close to RIC 438 as alleged in the original Spanish seller&#039;s description, which I copied at the time.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now the identical - the very same - coin shows up on Italian ebay and goes off in a couple of days - I am not certain if it is the same seller. The coin is very clearly a die match of the same coin as that in the British museum.&nbsp; But even the BM coin looks a bit suspicious - but I guess we can trust the British Museum to catch fakes (???).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have not been able to find a coin for my collection for months and months so I have quite a bit of money saved up for this one, which would be a great addition to my collection - if it is authentic, and the seller doesn&#039;t get a bunch of nominees to bid up the price, as I recently saw on ebay for a rare Nero sestertius that also rang alarm bells but nevertheless sold for over 1400 pounds.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Usually I do not want to go around advertising a forthcoming ebay auction of a rare or desireable coin but no choice here since this one really should have been sold at that Spanish Auction - so why was it taken down, if not there were doubts about its authenticity - doubts I very much share.&nbsp; But the coin is not listed as fake anywhere I can find, </p><p><br /></p><p>In short, I was wondering if you had seen this one, and if so, what do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again and if you will be at the New York show I will say hello - we have been communicating for decades and it would be nice to meet in person - I can bring a couple of interesting coins that I have not posted or sent to you as I have done in the past - </p><p><br /></p><p>All the best from chilly New Jersey from a very nervous Blake&nbsp; - 11/26/23[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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