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Message:: [QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2012419, member: 39084"]I think you're misunderstanding both the nature of your own question (i.e., there is no simple reply that will give you instant insight into spotting fake ancient coins) as well as the nature of the replies above (all of which are genuinely meant to be helpful even though you don't recognize their helpfulness). Consider the complexity of your question: with few exceptions, ancient fakes are intended to deceive less-than-knowledgeable buyers.  When you're handed a fake ancient coin that's being represented as genuine, the seller assumes you don't have the needed voluminous knowledge necessary to spot the coin as a fake.  There will be nothing obviously fake about the coin, and it will have been treated to look ancient.  In many cases (if not most) the only way to know it's a fake is to have accumulated many years of looking at genuine coins and to recognize that the fake simply doesn't resemble any known genuine ancient coin that you've ever seen.  That, in fact, might be the only answer to your question.  There is no magic answer such as "the chin on the obverse bust doesn't have enough facial hair" or "the deity on the reverse is described as Spes but is actually Diana." You do yourself a disservice to assume that the answers you're receiving are holding back some information that you could instantly learn and apply to future examinations of fake ancient coins.  This isn't true.[/QUOTE]