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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7687222, member: 84744"]Always interesting when we get some experts disagreeing about authenticity. (I do consider Insider an expert, and have valued his opinions here.) My initial impression was: I would not carry this in an AMCC auction, it is too dubious - the lettering is particularly concerning. And that is still my opinion! A coin to stay away from, I'd say.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sestertii are tricky. Here's my cast 3 sisters Caligula sestertius; I've seen a couple matches sold for big bucks by major auction houses.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1320102[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Side note: under the microscope it shows the spiderweb "crystallization" [or whatever it is] that [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] talked about in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bronze-disease.324593/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bronze-disease.324593/">this thread</a> as a sign of being cast.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7687222, member: 84744"]Always interesting when we get some experts disagreeing about authenticity. (I do consider Insider an expert, and have valued his opinions here.) My initial impression was: I would not carry this in an AMCC auction, it is too dubious - the lettering is particularly concerning. And that is still my opinion! A coin to stay away from, I'd say. Sestertii are tricky. Here's my cast 3 sisters Caligula sestertius; I've seen a couple matches sold for big bucks by major auction houses. [ATTACH=full]1320102[/ATTACH] (Side note: under the microscope it shows the spiderweb "crystallization" [or whatever it is] that [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] talked about in [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bronze-disease.324593/']this thread[/URL] as a sign of being cast.)[/QUOTE]
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