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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orange Julius, post: 4513478, member: 77226&quot;]Sometimes looking at a lot of fakes doesn&#039;t keep you out of trouble.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example, I saw one of these in a random eBay listing and immediately recognized it. ...but I couldn&#039;t place where or why. Rather than remembering it as a fake I had seen before... I assumed it was a squirrely variety, different and interesting. So, I bought it for about $7. Of course researching it, I found that it was fake. I kept it anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>Other than the weird striations... this particular example is pretty convincing in-hand for many characteristics (except for the Aztec mound). Other identical examples are much less convincing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118334[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constans, Phoenix</p><p>Obv:- D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl diade, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:- FEL TEMP - REPARATIO, Phoenix on pyre with wreath. </p><p>Mintmark gamma SIS delta.</p><p><b>Fake </b>RIC VIII Siscia 241</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an image of more of them... </p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/fakes_2009/constans_1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/fakes_2009/constans_1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/fakes_2009/constans_1.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>...and the page of additional fakes this link is listed within...</p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/fakes2009.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/fakes2009.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/fakes2009.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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