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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2448279, member: 76194&quot;]You&#039;ve all probably seen me praise this coin a dozen different times. After all, it was one of the first imperial denarii I bought, and one of the first ancients I bought in the relative short period I&#039;ve been collecting ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, its a cast fake. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie41" alt=":depressed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]511471[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now this is not the fault of anyone except the original forger. JA didn&#039;t realize it, and neither did I nor the dozens of people who have stared at it every time I&#039;ve posted the image, and given me likes on it. I guess these things happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am honestly devastated by this, because this was my second most favorite coin in my collection due to the jet black toning, and it really sucks that it is a fake. I am grateful to JA for giving me a full refund on it, and to Barry Murphy for spotting it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I might still keep it, but label it as a forgery and set it aside as a teaching aid to myself and others in the future about how to spot cast fakes. I guess I should probably clean the toning off to make the cast features prominent, that way it can serve as an effective teaching tool for me and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, study it and learn from my misfortune. Sorry for being such a downer in this post, but I&#039;m sure you can understand how I feel right about now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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