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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2688779, member: 44316"]I would recommend the best CONSTANTINOPOLIS or VRBS ROMA (c. 300-337 AD) you can find on eBay. Yes, eBay has lots of fakes, but not of those types. They are remarkably historical. You could learn more about them at many sites on the web, including:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html</a></p><p>I recommend eBay because for the least expensive types they will be cheaper on eBay than vcoins.</p><p>If something else catches your eye on eBay, be sure to check the "fakesellers" sites to avoid the dealers who sell fakes which are "obvious" to experts but perhaps not to you.</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0</a></p><p>(I think you have to join Forum to see the second list.)</p><p>On the other hand, vcoins sellers have a guarantee of authenticity and eBay does not. There are surely fakes on eBay being sold by sellers who are not on the lists. Avoid new sellers (feedback under, say, a hundred). The bad guys eventually are discovered and make the lists, but perhaps not in the first hundred sales.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2688779, member: 44316"]I would recommend the best CONSTANTINOPOLIS or VRBS ROMA (c. 300-337 AD) you can find on eBay. Yes, eBay has lots of fakes, but not of those types. They are remarkably historical. You could learn more about them at many sites on the web, including: [url]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html[/url] I recommend eBay because for the least expensive types they will be cheaper on eBay than vcoins. If something else catches your eye on eBay, be sure to check the "fakesellers" sites to avoid the dealers who sell fakes which are "obvious" to experts but perhaps not to you. [url]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html[/url] [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0[/url] (I think you have to join Forum to see the second list.) On the other hand, vcoins sellers have a guarantee of authenticity and eBay does not. There are surely fakes on eBay being sold by sellers who are not on the lists. Avoid new sellers (feedback under, say, a hundred). The bad guys eventually are discovered and make the lists, but perhaps not in the first hundred sales.[/QUOTE]
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