Hello fellow CT'ers, Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that both Brundisium AE coins in the upcoming Bertolami Fine Arts sale are fake. I have let the auction house know. The coin below is imitating the earliest biuncia, issued c 215-214 BC. The bust of Poseidon is of significantly different style than genuine issues, and details are soft. Details on the reverse are similarly soapy, and fake corrosion has been applied in an attempt to make the metal appear older. The second coin being offered is a later semis: It is identical to other fakes which have been offered with varying patinas over the years. The one below was also previously offered by Artemide Aste just in November - I let them know about that one as well, and I think it was withdrawn prior to the auction: Here are a few others. You can see the style, flan and strike are essentially identical. Caveat emptor!
Thank you so much for pointing these out. You are providing a great service to all of us. That is, unless one of us is the counterfeiter.
