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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2494216, member: 19463&quot;]A problem we have here looking at photos is it is hard to tell thickness of coins.&nbsp; Many Flavian asses are pretty large diameter but thin compared to sestertii which are both larger and thicker.&nbsp; A coin with sestertius diameter and as weight would be so thin that most people would be able to pull it out of a bag blindfolded as having something wrong.&nbsp; There is probably no ancient type more often faked than the Judaea Capta sestertii.&nbsp; If you have any doubts whatsoever about a Capta coin, assume it is fake.&nbsp; The odds are with you. If you want a real one, pay someone not just a little skilled on the matter.&nbsp; You can trust us here that the coin is a fake but that does not work the other way.&nbsp; Experts have been making fakes for hundreds of years.&nbsp; If I say you should buy one of these based only on a photo, ignore me.&nbsp; You can tell me all about this one from a couple years ago --- Right?&nbsp; Would you have it in your collection?&nbsp; I sure would.</p><p><img src="http://www.auctiones.ch/images/000006/005121_l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.auctiones.ch/browse.html?auction=30&amp;lot=5121" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.auctiones.ch/browse.html?auction=30&amp;lot=5121" rel="nofollow">http://www.auctiones.ch/browse.html?auction=30&amp;lot=5121</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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