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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 3077995, member: 91771&quot;]My new Galla Placidia came in the mail today. I was very excited until I dug a little too deeply into forvm&#039;s boards and made some unpleasant discoveries. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I figured that any auction house that listed coins on numisbids would be safe to buy from, however it turns out that this particular auction house has been accused before of peddling numerous fakes see: <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=113460.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=113460.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=113460.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally here are a number of (probable) Galla Placidia fakes, at least one of which was also sold by this auctioneer <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=109246.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=109246.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=109246.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also if you search for &quot;Galla Placidia ae&quot; on acsearch more than half of the results were sold by this same auction house--which seems odd for a rare coin. At least to my eye they do not all look like die matches, which is slightly reassuring. </p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? Am I (and possibly the original poster on forvm) being paranoid? Or is this definitely a fake?</p><p><br /></p><p>Something else to keep in mind is that the cost of authentication would be about 50% the price of the coin itself.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Fill out the poll and post your thoughts in the comments... your advice is greatly appreciated! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>(seller&#039;s photo-- unfortunately I have no camera to take a better one with) </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]774566[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Galla Placidia. Rome. c. 425-435</b> wife of Constantius III, regent for Valentinian III, AE 1/2 Centenionalis (421), 1,40g. DN GALLA PLA-CIDIA PF AVG, Female, pearl-diademed bust right, wearing necklace and earrings. Sear 4282, LRBC 844.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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