Real seals?

[Flav V]

Hello,

I saw somewhere that all seals are fake and that the dies used for this come from dies on denarius fakes. What is your opinion about?


Regards,

[mauseus]

You are referring to the terracotta ones I take it? There are a nember in the fakes gallery here. There are some genuine examples, for example the excavated ones fro Palmyra published in Numismatic Chronicle in the 1990s , or early 2000s.

There is a general feeling that the highly die linked examples on the market just over 20 years ago may well be largely false. However, how to tell genuine ones amongst all those I don't know.

Regards,

Mauseus

[Flav V]

Yes it is terracota token. I dont know too how to identify fake. I will look at the Numismatic Chronicle you said.


Regards,

[mauseus]

I was wrong about the city. The article I was thinking of is:

A group of 120 clay bullae from Petra with titles of the city. Haim Gitler, Numismatic Chronicle 2005, pp. 183-192

Regards,

Mauseus