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Message:: [QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 3245780, member: 91820"]I have been buying and selling ancient coins for 20 years now, my selling has been a means to afford my buying since for some reason there seems to be an objection to using living expenses to buy coins.  Unfortunately, with prices going up for better coins, and the number of coins available seeming to be coming down, really good deals, upon which I depend, are fewer and fewer.  In any event, I ended up buying something I don't think I should have, from a new Bulgarian ebay dealer with not much feedback, (bad sign) who doesn't allow his buyers to be revealed (bad sign) . But weight was ok 22.31 grams, size was ok 30mm, plus I recall that reading that if there is a flan crack, it is indicative of the coin not being cast. But this one just isn't right - there are too many details in the hair that do not match the wear down the bust, the lettering is too mushy on the reverse, and it just doesn't have the right look to way the details and the wear are together, Plus I think the  first image of the edge hides a sprue hole.  I can usually figure this out myself, but I have never been good at recognizing cast coins, and I suspect that this dealer is good at it since the other coins on his site look really good - are there any experts out there who have an opinion.  [ATTACH=full]850719[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]850720[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]850721[/ATTACH].[/QUOTE]