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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2432907, member: 74282&quot;]I&#039;ve ran into many mis-attributed coins since I started focusing on the Roman Republic. I&#039;d say maybe 10-20% of early Republican silver denarii(the Roma/dioscuri types) and maybe 35% of the bronzes I see are misattributed, even the ones with symbols. When a coin is misattributed(and priced accordingly) as a more common one, I usually jump on it and hope no one else notices.&nbsp; When a more common coin is attributed and priced as a scarcer one, I usually write the seller if they&#039;re someone I feel is honest and worth my time.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, in the Roma auction that closed yesterday(which I of course didn&#039;t win a thing in), lot 326, a staff/feather denarius was misattributed as a rarer Sicilian corn-ear denarius. I wrote them regarding the mistake but it was the night before the auction&#039;s closing and it doesn&#039;t appear that they fixed the listing. It&#039;s an easy enough mistake to make unless you&#039;re familiar with the series and the style of the various mints, but I certainly wouldn&#039;t want to be in the buyer&#039;s shoes if he or she didn&#039;t realize the mistake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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