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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2969511, member: 80783&quot;]I just opened the envelope to look at my latest eBay-purchase and I found this:</p><p><br /></p><p>On the seller´s pictures it looked just like an average, worn and cleaned Sestertius of Alex Severus, something I found nice enough to try out for 40 USD:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]728306[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But the second I opened the envelope I noticed something very odd...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]728305[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The whole thing is concave! The obverse is bulged outwards for about 2 mm while the reverse is dented in.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]728304[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]728307[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Why would someone do this? I have seen concave Greek Imperial bronzes, but never to this extent on a Rome mint Sestertius. </p><p>Has this coin been hammered into this concave shape in (late) ancient times (maybe as some kind of pre-Contornitate)?</p><p>Or is this the work of a modern smith?</p><p>Is this coin even genuine at all? The edge has obviously endured a lot of filing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this something nice / interesting to have?</p><p>Or would you send it back?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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