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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2686523, member: 19463&quot;]If I got that statement from a so-called professional, I would write them off as not worth further consideration.&nbsp; All sestertii of Pertinax are from the Rome mint. The statement is blowing smoke. </p><p>I would be interested in hearing what CNG has to say about this.&nbsp; At the very least it casts a reasonable doubt on the coin they sold.&nbsp; I looked it up on their site half expecting to find the coin had since been withdrawn.&nbsp; It had not. </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=274987" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=274987" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=274987</a></p><p>&nbsp;I suppose it is not their place to expertise the coin that they did not sell but I have to wonder if they would be willing now to accept your coin to sell on consignment.&nbsp; It would also be helpful to know if the coin they sold in 2014 still exists as it is shown.&nbsp; It is possible that the CNG coin was polished up by the buyer and resold, eventually, to you. While I do not see the coins are being the same specimen, this would be an explanation allowing it/both to be genuine. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the seller is not willing to accept the return of the coin, I would submit it for a Sear certificate or for NGC slabbing explaining in advance to them that the CNG coin exists.&nbsp; From Sear, I would pay the extra $10 for the &#039;detailed&#039; certificate and specify I wanted his comment on the matter of the CNG coin.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if he would do one like that but you can ask.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If both Sear and CNG were willing to go to bat for the authenticity of your coin, I&#039;d sell it to whichever one of them was willing to buy it.&nbsp; Whatever expert opinion I got on the coin, I would not feel right selling the coin to anyone other than the expert willing to put his money where his mouth is.&nbsp; Meanwhile, I would not buy another coin from the seller under any circumstances.&nbsp; He may be right, I am not in a position to be certain, but there are plenty of sources for coins without playing me for a fool by dipping to his statement.&nbsp; The question is not whether the coin is of Rome mint style but whether it was made closer to 200 AD than to 2000. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please keep us posted on future developments from this point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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