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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4556051, member: 24314"]Late to the party...Posts as this confirm my published belief that CT has the best ancient forum of the three most popular coin forums devoted to all numismatic subjects.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without sounding like an ancient coin expert and not even close to Mr. Murphy's expertise, as a generalist authenticator I can say that the top three coins are obvious fakes even if seen individually for the reasons already given. This without knowing that other examples existed with the gash on the neck. Matching defects on coins has always been one of the principal ways fakes can be detected.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also agree that the bottom coin is the genuine host. Note all the matching characteristics. One thing that is very hard for the counterfeiters to duplicate is the blocky crystalline pattern seen on the genuine coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS IMHO, the "pellet" on the lips is the result of a casting bubble from either the die or mold during manufacture.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>PPS Can anyone ID the under strike design on coin #3? I've heard that some counterfeiters overstrike genuine ancients with C/F dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4556051, member: 24314"]Late to the party...Posts as this confirm my published belief that CT has the best ancient forum of the three most popular coin forums devoted to all numismatic subjects. Without sounding like an ancient coin expert and not even close to Mr. Murphy's expertise, as a generalist authenticator I can say that the top three coins are obvious fakes even if seen individually for the reasons already given. This without knowing that other examples existed with the gash on the neck. Matching defects on coins has always been one of the principal ways fakes can be detected. I also agree that the bottom coin is the genuine host. Note all the matching characteristics. One thing that is very hard for the counterfeiters to duplicate is the blocky crystalline pattern seen on the genuine coin. PS IMHO, the "pellet" on the lips is the result of a casting bubble from either the die or mold during manufacture. PPS Can anyone ID the under strike design on coin #3? I've heard that some counterfeiters overstrike genuine ancients with C/F dies.[/QUOTE]
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