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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 4986873, member: 44210&quot;]Ilya Zlobin is well known for overpricing his coins and then offering “discounts”. I would not be surprised that he would label a common, unknown AE4 as a rare emperor to make a lot of money on it. While most of his stock seems to be authentic (which is a distinct concept from “attributed correctly”) he is, overall, a very questionable seller, one with a not-so-positive reputation on this forum.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/anybody-bought-from-this-ebay-seller.272563/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/anybody-bought-from-this-ebay-seller.272563/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/anybody-bought-from-this-ebay-seller.272563/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/charade-vagi-zlobin-over-a-julius-caesar-denarius.338224/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/charade-vagi-zlobin-over-a-julius-caesar-denarius.338224/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/charade-vagi-zlobin-over-a-julius-caesar-denarius.338224/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ebay-seller-question.322904/#post-3179987" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ebay-seller-question.322904/#post-3179987">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ebay-seller-question.322904/#post-3179987</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Holding History is definitely more reasonable and reputable, so I’m not sure why they seem to just be rolling blindly with IZ’s claim that this coin for sure is Avitus.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin does not have the complete name of Avitus or any other emperor, nor is the style distinct enough to tell for sure. The first two here are of Honorius and the last is of Avitus (all from Wildwinds). Just by names alone, if they were not on the coin, would you have been able to tell for sure which is which? Avitus RIC 2412 has a star in left field, which also can’t be confirmed on your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1198024[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1198025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1198026[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin could be Avitus, but it could also be Honorius (or even Theodosius II), but as I mentioned there’s no way to tell for sure. I said Honorius originally because he is the most common emperor for these Rome mint Victoria AE4 types.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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