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<p>[QUOTE="Gabor Papp, post: 4304125, member: 98203"]First of all, thank you very much for your answers! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I will measure the exact weight of this solidus on a microbalance in my research lab tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, this is my full story:</p><p><br /></p><p>One year ago, I bought two solidi from a well-known (at least in Hungary) Hungarian online numismatic shop. One of them is the coin from Justin II (see it above), the other one is from Justinianus I (photo is attached to this post).</p><p><br /></p><p>One month later, I bought two nomisma histamenons from the same shop. However, I have found that one of these coins was a published fake one made by a die created in Libanone between 1960-65 (thanks to the help of the members of this cointalk forum <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). (Photo of this histamenon is also attached. For further information about this fake coin, see this page: <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=8&pos=290" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=8&pos=290" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=8&pos=290</a>)</p><p>The other histamenon was also a bit weird, but I did not find it between the published fake coins. Of note, both histamenon came originally from the same suspicious German auction house, so I was sure that the other one was fake, too.</p><p>I sent all the information about the published fake coin to the Hungarian seller, nonetheless, he did not accept that his coin was fake, and refused to give me any refund.</p><p>In spite of that, finally, I managed to get back my money in an alternative way, since in Hungary, the buyers have a right to cancel any internet buying within 14 days without any reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>After that experience, I will never buy any coin from this numismatic shop in the future, of course.</p><p>However, these two solidi, which were bought earlier, cause me sleepless nights. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gabor Papp, post: 4304125, member: 98203"]First of all, thank you very much for your answers! :shame: I will measure the exact weight of this solidus on a microbalance in my research lab tomorrow. Anyway, this is my full story: One year ago, I bought two solidi from a well-known (at least in Hungary) Hungarian online numismatic shop. One of them is the coin from Justin II (see it above), the other one is from Justinianus I (photo is attached to this post). One month later, I bought two nomisma histamenons from the same shop. However, I have found that one of these coins was a published fake one made by a die created in Libanone between 1960-65 (thanks to the help of the members of this cointalk forum :shame:). (Photo of this histamenon is also attached. For further information about this fake coin, see this page: [URL]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=8&pos=290[/URL]) The other histamenon was also a bit weird, but I did not find it between the published fake coins. Of note, both histamenon came originally from the same suspicious German auction house, so I was sure that the other one was fake, too. I sent all the information about the published fake coin to the Hungarian seller, nonetheless, he did not accept that his coin was fake, and refused to give me any refund. In spite of that, finally, I managed to get back my money in an alternative way, since in Hungary, the buyers have a right to cancel any internet buying within 14 days without any reason. After that experience, I will never buy any coin from this numismatic shop in the future, of course. However, these two solidi, which were bought earlier, cause me sleepless nights. :([/QUOTE]
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