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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4699908, member: 110504"]Hi Doug, you've got my sympathy where adventures with fakes are involved. ...No, frankly too embarrassing to get into. </p><p>...One reason I'm shy of ancients, at least online. With medievals, you don't get the same tradition of faking, and the ones there are (thank you, notably from eastern Europe, via ebay) are generally much easier to spot. Ironically or not, the engraving styles end up being uniform enough (thank you, mostly punches) to be effectively unmistakable.</p><p>Meantime, Congratulations on the Vetranio! Your emphasis on the integrity of the legends is especially resonant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4699908, member: 110504"]Hi Doug, you've got my sympathy where adventures with fakes are involved. ...No, frankly too embarrassing to get into. ...One reason I'm shy of ancients, at least online. With medievals, you don't get the same tradition of faking, and the ones there are (thank you, notably from eastern Europe, via ebay) are generally much easier to spot. Ironically or not, the engraving styles end up being uniform enough (thank you, mostly punches) to be effectively unmistakable. Meantime, Congratulations on the Vetranio! Your emphasis on the integrity of the legends is especially resonant.[/QUOTE]
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