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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3664695, member: 75937"]If you're going to do so, BE SURE you know what you're talking about. For example, when I first posted this sestertius of Didia Clara, I was told it was tooled from a Julia Domna sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I had purchased the coin from a long-standing and reputable dealer with a lifetime guarantee and return policy. I researched the coin and had done a die study on the coin before I posted it here. The coin is NOT a tooled Julia Domna; it was struck with obverse die 3, reverse die H, as described in Woodward, "The Coinage of Didius Julianus and His Family." <i>Num Chron.</i> 121:71, 1961. It is a reverse die-match to <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=671322001&objectId=1196791&partId=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=671322001&objectId=1196791&partId=1" rel="nofollow">BMC 40</a> and <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=671323001&objectId=1196790&partId=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=671323001&objectId=1196790&partId=1" rel="nofollow">BMC 41</a> in the British Museum collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only kind of fake it could possibly be is a cast copy of a genuine coin. It matches no known cast forgeries. It's the real deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>DON'T call a coin into question unless you have a high degree of certainty.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]985427[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3664695, member: 75937"]If you're going to do so, BE SURE you know what you're talking about. For example, when I first posted this sestertius of Didia Clara, I was told it was tooled from a Julia Domna sestertius. Now, I had purchased the coin from a long-standing and reputable dealer with a lifetime guarantee and return policy. I researched the coin and had done a die study on the coin before I posted it here. The coin is NOT a tooled Julia Domna; it was struck with obverse die 3, reverse die H, as described in Woodward, "The Coinage of Didius Julianus and His Family." [I]Num Chron.[/I] 121:71, 1961. It is a reverse die-match to [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=671322001&objectId=1196791&partId=1']BMC 40[/URL] and [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=671323001&objectId=1196790&partId=1']BMC 41[/URL] in the British Museum collection. The only kind of fake it could possibly be is a cast copy of a genuine coin. It matches no known cast forgeries. It's the real deal. DON'T call a coin into question unless you have a high degree of certainty. [ATTACH=full]985427[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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