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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3186152, member: 74282&quot;]I&#039;m just going to be frank with you: you don&#039;t know enough about ancient coins to buy them on eBay from sellers you don&#039;t know. That&#039;s not meant to be an insult, just constructive criticism. Even if members here thought the coins were genuine, none of us have had them in hand and none of us are going to help you(except for saying &quot;aw shucks&quot;) if you find out they&#039;re fake in a year when you show them to someone in-hand and that eBay seller will probably be long gone by then(heck, most legit eBay sellers don&#039;t stick around long either). It behooves you, especially when buying a coin of an emperor like Otho, to be willing to spend enough to buy one from someone who will guarantee its authenticity for life and who has a reputation for selling good coins. And if I&#039;m going to be completely honest, with the number of people looking for Othos or Galbas at eBay, you&#039;re not likely to get that great of a deal anyways, even some of the fakes fetch &quot;real auction&quot; prices on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, avoiding Cyprus or Bulgaria or Greece can help but there are fakes coming from the UK, USA, Spain and other countries as well. Checking fake seller lists helps too, but most fake sellers sell a few fakes before they get on those lists, so they&#039;re not foolproof and there are plenty of us here who see fakes and altered coins on eBay but aren&#039;t willing to spend the time reporting them so you&#039;re basically hoping that someone who both knows enough to spot fakes and cares enough to report them sees the seller and gets them added to a list and that someone spots any name changes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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