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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4903169, member: 85693"]The degree of analysis here is impressive. My off-the-cuff inexpert opinion - it is genuine. A truly clever counterfeiter would make worn copies - but most fakes are too perfect: well-centered, no wear, even strike. The OP looks like an example with real ancient wear - this is my impression, which is non-scientific. </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me the one true way to determine a genuine ancient would be an analysis of the metals, compared with known ancients. This kind of testing used to be destructive, now it is not, so I understand. Like human DNA testing, if done properly, this kind of metals analysis would be pretty much fool-proof, so I'd think. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here is mine - provenance goes all the way back to a December 2019 eBay auction, where it was described as: "AUGUSTUS AR DENARIUS (27 BC - 14AD) GAIUS & LUCIUS CAESARS" </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182938[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Sextus Pompey Denarius</b></p><p><b>(42-40 B.C.) </b></p><p><b>Sicilian Mint</b></p><p>MAG•PIVS•IMP•ITER• , head of Pompey Magnus r. between lituus and capis / Neptune left, holding aplustre, foot on prow, with Anapias & Amphinomus, parents on shoulders, [PRÆF] above, CLAS•ET•O[RÆ] / [M]ARIT•E[X• S•C•]</p><p>Crawford 511/3a;</p><p>Pompeia 27;</p><p>Sydenham 1344;</p><p>BMCRR (Sicily) 7;</p><p>RSC 17 (Pompey the Great);</p><p>Sear CRI 334.</p><p>(3.47 grams / 16 mm)</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4903169, member: 85693"]The degree of analysis here is impressive. My off-the-cuff inexpert opinion - it is genuine. A truly clever counterfeiter would make worn copies - but most fakes are too perfect: well-centered, no wear, even strike. The OP looks like an example with real ancient wear - this is my impression, which is non-scientific. It seems to me the one true way to determine a genuine ancient would be an analysis of the metals, compared with known ancients. This kind of testing used to be destructive, now it is not, so I understand. Like human DNA testing, if done properly, this kind of metals analysis would be pretty much fool-proof, so I'd think. Anyway, here is mine - provenance goes all the way back to a December 2019 eBay auction, where it was described as: "AUGUSTUS AR DENARIUS (27 BC - 14AD) GAIUS & LUCIUS CAESARS" [ATTACH=full]1182938[/ATTACH] [B]Sextus Pompey Denarius (42-40 B.C.) Sicilian Mint[/B] MAG•PIVS•IMP•ITER• , head of Pompey Magnus r. between lituus and capis / Neptune left, holding aplustre, foot on prow, with Anapias & Amphinomus, parents on shoulders, [PRÆF] above, CLAS•ET•O[RÆ] / [M]ARIT•E[X• S•C•] Crawford 511/3a; Pompeia 27; Sydenham 1344; BMCRR (Sicily) 7; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); Sear CRI 334. (3.47 grams / 16 mm) .[/QUOTE]
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