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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3863417, member: 97383&quot;]Last Thursday I won the Byzantine gold Histamenon Nomisma, pictured below, from Roma E-Sale 63, lot 1134. Friday morning I took a closer look at the photo, full screen, on my computer and saw details I didn&#039;t like; soft smudgy lettering, and an almost baroque rendition of Christ&#039;s head. I found a number of illustrations of that coin type from Coin Archives and Wild Winds and my suspicions were confirmed. I then went on Forgery Network &amp; found two illustrations of fakes that are strikingly similar to the coin I just won, pictured below the Roma lot 1134. Next I sent an e-mail to Richard Beale, expressing my concern along with the two photos from Forgery Network. He wrote back to me stating &quot;Dear Al, That&#039;s not good. I will check the coin carefully on Monday and let you know. All the best Richard.&quot; I received an e-mail today at 1:00 pm from Roma Numismatics saying the coin has been shipped FEDEX ! I welcome all comments from <b>CT</b> members on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021917[/ATTACH]</p><p>Romanus III Argyrus, AD 1028-1034, Constantinople Mint: AV Histamenon Nomisma, 22 mm, 4.47 gm, 6 h. Sear 1820</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021920[/ATTACH]</p><p>Example of a fake Sear 1820, from Forgery Network.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021925[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another example of a fake Sear 1820, from Forgery Network.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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