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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marc Aceton, post: 2016844, member: 72101&quot;]It could be that the Maximus is just heavily tooled and not forged. At the sales of the auction house, one can always &quot;admire&quot; devilishly well-made fake patinas. For instance, the Caligula sestertius depicted below is either at least on the reverse heavily tooled or completely forged. Nevertheless, the surface look very authentic on the photo but must be artificial. I am <u>very</u> curious what they applied on the surfaces and whether or not one can identify the fraud with acetone or white spirit. Fortunately, the experts who are now examining the coins will have the opportunity to learn more about these new methods of the obviously very skillful fraudsters.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.studioskyline.com/clienti/bertolami/360/acr/asta12/0628.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.studioskyline.com/clienti/bertolami/360/acr/asta12/0628.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.studioskyline.com/clienti/bertolami/360/acr/asta12/0628.html</a></p><p><a href="http://artcoinsroma.it/auction/view/253/628" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artcoinsroma.it/auction/view/253/628" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://artcoinsroma.it/auction/view/253/628" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artcoinsroma.it/auction/view/253/628" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://static.deamoneta.com/auctions/253/thumbs/628D.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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