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Offline Hydatius

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Fake Galla Placidia tremissis
« on: March 18, 2017, 09:46:17 am »
On the other hand, this is an obvious free-hand fake that doesn't look anything like the real thing (photo 2). It's from the same auction as the solidus in my other post. A fake report has been filed.
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Re: Fake Galla Placidia tremissis
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2017, 11:46:29 am »
In the same auction there are many (many!) other bronze coins free hand fake..
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Re: Fake Galla Placidia tremissis
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2017, 01:10:55 pm »
I think I just received one of these I will need to send back to the consignor.
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Re: Fake Galla Placidia tremissis
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2017, 01:40:20 pm »
The auction house selling these coins is a notorious fake seller since several years, in particular fake fifth century coins. Some of their bronze coins are pure fantasy coins and most of the others are obvious fakes. I have had a a few in hand and suspect that they are hand-tooled from contemporary low quality coins. Now the company obviously decided to expand to include fake gold coins from the same period.
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