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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 5172613, member: 97383&quot;]Christina, Allow me to offer some advice from personal experience, only buy Byzantine gold coins from a trusted source who will guarantee authenticity. Last year I won the coin pictured below from a well known international auction house, it turned out to be a <b>modern die struck FAKE</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! I did get my $1,400 back, but it shows the best fakes are fooling the experts working in the big auction houses <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211202[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Romanus III Argyrus, AD 1028-1034, Constantinople Mint, AV Histamenon Nomisma: 4.47 gm, 22 mm, 6 h. Rare variant showing the Virgin without nimbus. Sear 1820.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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