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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3745506, member: 56859&quot;]Perhaps you were joking but just in case you weren&#039;t...</p><p><br /></p><p>It isn&#039;t possible to <i>definitely</i> authenticate a coin based in pictures, although sometimes it is possible to definitively say it is a fake if certain signs are seen or if it matches known fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin shown in the first post is one which is widely faked.&nbsp; There are oodles of fake versions.&nbsp; This type in particular requires an in-hand assessment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, you may now know since you don&#039;t hang around the ancients board, but Barry Murphy has already weighed in on this.&nbsp; He and David Vagi <b>are</b> the NGC Ancients division.&nbsp; They are the ones who decide whether or not to slab a given coin and what grade to give it.&nbsp; Barry said he cannot assess the coin by photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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