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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 8285271, member: 98035&quot;]So I was doing some research on another thing, and I came across a very unsettling realization while trying to find pictures of an authentic Julius Nepos AE4</p><p><br /></p><p>First off, as many of you are aware, Emporium Hamburg is generally considered to be an on-the-level dealer of authentic ancients, but they also assisted in moving many hundreds if not thousands of fake AE4s in the style of many famous rarities, Julius Nepos among them. I am about 95% sure this coin is a fake</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463668[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunate for the buyer, but then I noticed this one from CNG, who most of us wouldn&#039;t even think to question:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463669[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Definitely not the same coin, but definitely a die match to the fake, with the tiny portrait, retrograde obverse legend, and I think the monogram is a match, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Increasingly, I&#039;m beginning to fear that there is no such thing as an authentic Julius Nepos AE4 monogram <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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