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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 279141, member: 6370&quot;]<span style="color: black">yeah, I would trust authentication from David Sears or some of the other well known ancient numismatist than any of the acronym grading companies...These guys have decades studying these coins, have seen thousands and thousands of them…have written books about them…they have reputations in the community as being true experts. As for authentication...I wont buy a coin I haven’t seen a decent photo of and if it is a coin I think might be commonly faked...then I will run that photo by experts just to get opinions...I kind of trust my own knowledge of ancients and fakes but its good to get some second and third opinion from people who are experts and give out advice for free. I have thought a coin was fake before and then found out it was just a type I have never seen that is off the normal style.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">Also...I wont buy a coin from a person who doesn’t offer returns if the coin is found to be fake down the line. I buy mainly from established sellers with a good reputation to protect.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">I think, to date, I have only bought 1 fake and that is because I let myself be swept up in the moment while in Rome and I bought a Domitian coin that turned out to be a fake...this was long ago...which also brings up another point about ancients...dont buy an ancient if you dont know much about them...</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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