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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 3106152, member: 84179&quot;]I&#039;m am by no means an expert in ancients but I have a few and have looked at a lot of coins over the years.&nbsp; When I first saw your pics, I said &quot;looks good to me, what do the experts think&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding your Iron question.&nbsp; As other have stated, ancient metallurgy was hardly an exact science.&nbsp; Who knows what could have been in the melt.&nbsp; Who knows the composition of the ore body.&nbsp; And who knows how much recycled silver/metal vs ore was used.&nbsp; IMO,&nbsp; what I would want to look for are trace elements that were not available to the Romans in metallic form to prove it was a modern fake, and Fe isn&#039;t one of them.&nbsp; Do you have some V, Co or Cr that would indicate a modern steel got into the melt.&nbsp; In addition, XRF only tells you how much Fe is in the sample, not the composition.&nbsp; Is it Fe2O3 or Fe3O4 or metallic Fe?&nbsp; And XRF only measure the surface composition, not the entire coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t see the edge marks but taking your word they are present and appear to be recent, could it not have been dropped, or somebody tried to doctor a rough edge.&nbsp; Maybe this is a legitimate reason to request a return, but I think that&#039;s pushing it.</p><p><br /></p><p>You received opinions from some very respected and credible ancient experts saying it&#039;s authentic.&nbsp; There are also a lot of questions regarding the Fe in the composition and you&#039;ve shown nothing to indicate it came from a modern steel source.&nbsp; I understand if you have buyers remorse, but don&#039;t try to blame it on the composition.&nbsp; Just my opinion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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