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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2495959, member: 39084"]I have a very, very high level of skepticism regarding the authenticity of this coin. Compare the three images below -- the OP coin, and two from ACSEARCH among thousands of Agrippa asses found:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]528918[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]528919[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]528920[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The latter two images were the closest matches I could find to the OP's obverse, based on Agrippa's hair -- (1) the bangs on his forehead and (2) the hair just above the nape of his neck. </p><p><br /></p><p>Note that I was unable to find an exact match to the OP coin, which in itself is telling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the OP coin appears to be an artful combination of the hairstyle of these latter two coins, but the depth and separation between the individual tufts of hair in both the forehead and the nape-of-the-neck are much more pronounced in the OP coin than on these two genuine coins, and this makes me very doubtful that the OP coin is genuine. It just looks phony.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, the above two genuine coins sold for far more than the OP coin appears to have been sold, and if the OP coin were genuine, I suspect that it would be worth the low-to-mid four figures, and maybe more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2495959, member: 39084"]I have a very, very high level of skepticism regarding the authenticity of this coin. Compare the three images below -- the OP coin, and two from ACSEARCH among thousands of Agrippa asses found: [ATTACH=full]528918[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528920[/ATTACH] The latter two images were the closest matches I could find to the OP's obverse, based on Agrippa's hair -- (1) the bangs on his forehead and (2) the hair just above the nape of his neck. Note that I was unable to find an exact match to the OP coin, which in itself is telling. Anyway, the OP coin appears to be an artful combination of the hairstyle of these latter two coins, but the depth and separation between the individual tufts of hair in both the forehead and the nape-of-the-neck are much more pronounced in the OP coin than on these two genuine coins, and this makes me very doubtful that the OP coin is genuine. It just looks phony. In addition, the above two genuine coins sold for far more than the OP coin appears to have been sold, and if the OP coin were genuine, I suspect that it would be worth the low-to-mid four figures, and maybe more.[/QUOTE]
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