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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 8231425, member: 86815&quot;]For comparison purposes here are mine acquired over recent years.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447105[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1447106[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>17.22 mm&nbsp; 3.17 g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447108[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447109[/ATTACH] </p><p>18.27 mm&nbsp; 3.14 g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447110[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1447111[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>16.24 mm&nbsp; 2.94 g</p><p><br /></p><p>This last one is pretty difficult to discern but in the hand it does appear to be Legio II.</p><p><br /></p><p>From my comparison of fakes, for my better examples with less wear, I have focussed on the number of beads or dots on the standards and the number of oars and angle of mast on the Galley.</p><p>With the really well worn ones it is more difficult to determine fakes from details and there are so many to view that I tend to get overloaded. I have a fallback position that if they are really battered and scratched they are somewhat worse than a faker might make them so probably OK. I know this is a somewhat naive</p><p>&nbsp;stance to take but it works for me.</p><p>[USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] has posted some great links on this series in the past that I also refer to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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