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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4854280, member: 110350&quot;]I have that sinking &quot;Oh no, not again!&quot; feeling in the pit of my stomach.&nbsp; I received a private message earlier today from one of our fellow members (not the same person who pointed out that the Mark Antony legionary denarius I bought is a fake) suggesting that it&#039;s highly suspicious that my new Pomponius Molo is not only a double die-match to the CNG example sold in 2007, but that the two coins have what appears to be the exact same flan shape, and the same degree of off-centeredness on both sides. (I think that the CNG coin is actually a bit more off-centered than mine, to the right.)&nbsp; Here are my coin and the CNG coin again:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172149[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172151[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, my correspondent believes that either one of these coins is cast from the other, or both are cast from a third example.&nbsp; He did agree with me, however, that it&#039;s unlikely that my coin was cast from the CNG coin, given the greater degree of detail on mine as well as the fact that the right-hand portion of the reverse of mine shows quite a bit more of the scene than appears on the CNG example.&nbsp; My example doesn&#039;t <i>look</i> cast to me -- not that I pretend to any sort of expertise! Both in the photo and even more so in hand, the figures are sharp and don&#039;t look mushy.&nbsp; Looking at the enlargements posted below, I don&#039;t really see anything that look like cast bubbles on mine, except perhaps a little bit around Apollo&#039;s chin. I suppose that the marks I see on the CNG example when zooming in could conceivably be cast bubbles or perhaps just pitting.</p><p><br /></p><p>If measurements mean anything, my coin is 19.7 x 19.9 mm., 3.86 g., and 9 h. The measurements given for the CNG coin are 19 mm. and 3.81 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if the fact that I found several additional reverse die matches to my coin, and one other possible obverse die match, in the RRDP pages at CRRO, is of any significance. In fact, I wonder if the final example that Bing posted might also be a reverse die match.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some larger, closeup pictures of my coin that I took this afternoon, if they&#039;re of any help.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172156[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172157[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I also took a few photos of the edge of my coin, and, unfortunately, there appear to be file marks or something similar at various points. (Sorry the photos are a bit blurry; that&#039;s the best I was able to do.)&nbsp; That&#039;s a bad sign, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172158[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172159[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172161[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I very much hope that one of our renowned experts on the authenticity of Roman coins (including Republican coins) might have the time to comment.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m reasonably hopeful that if my coin turns out to be a fake and I can provide evidence, Marti Numismatics will accept a return, even though, given the discount, I technically purchased the coin from them directly rather than through VCoins.&nbsp; But I would very much prefer not to have to go through all that again!</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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