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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2479911, member: 19463&quot;]The site certainly is a good resource for Slavey&#039;s but note the lack of &#039;flow&#039; and cracks which seems usual for Slavey.&nbsp; There is another good resource for his fakes </p><p><a href="http://www.ancients.info/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=511" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancients.info/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=511" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancients.info/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=511</a></p><p>but even these are a not complete.&nbsp; I find Slavey&#039;s Greeks more deceptive than his Romans but that might just mean I am more familiar with Romans.&nbsp; The Galabrio here strikes me as probably fake but it is not Slavey style.&nbsp; Of course there are many other people making fakes.&nbsp; Slavey claimed not to be making fakes to defraud but to provide replicas for people who could not have the real thing.&nbsp; His lack of attention to fabric strikes me as evidence that this may have been true. Of course many of his products have been doctored, antiqued, abused and passed off as genuine so it makes little difference what was his original intent. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have posted this image here several times. I bought them for $4 each years ago.&nbsp; A few are not in the catalog but I believe all are Slavey&#039;s as opposed to other workers&#039; product.&nbsp; None are really deceptive if you know the coins but the Pescennius Niger is one of the most common fakes I have seen sold on eBay over the last 20 years.&nbsp; While buying from good sources is still the best answer, learning the look of coins in that Slavey catalog is not a bad idea.&nbsp; From the link, select either Greek or Roman:</p><p><a href="http://www.ancients.info/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=511" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancients.info/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=511" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancients.info/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=511</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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