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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 786210, member: 19463&quot;]Would anyone care to explain why this thread was started?&nbsp; The OP offered not a single word about the coin save what was cut and pasted from online sources.&nbsp; The photo looks nothing like something taken by a major coin dealer or museum so we have to wonder where both the coin and the photo originated.&nbsp; This is not the first post by this poster of questionable material.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If it had been stated that the coin was found out in the fields or in grandpa&#039;s collection, our advice would have to be to show the coin to a major auction house or dealer (not the kind of dealer that does shows and sells on eBay but the kind that has a staff or experts and issues glossy catalogs).&nbsp; There is no such thing as an entry level Valerius Valens.&nbsp; A junker has potential for selling for 5 digits.&nbsp; The coin needs to be addressed by a professional conservator.&nbsp; The British Museum would be happy to look at it.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the other hand, if the poster knows the coin is a fake and has posted it here maliciously we need to move on and stop feeding the beast.&nbsp; Unfortunately the photo is ambiguous and offers as many flags as hopes that the coin is real.&nbsp; The surfaces could be glue and dirt as well as the product of ages.&nbsp; If the owner of this coin is seriously of the opinion that it might be real, he needs to take it through proper channels for a coin of this level and not ask amateurs like us.&nbsp; Of course, the OP didn&#039;t ask.&nbsp; Nothing was said.&nbsp; Why was the post made?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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