The pictures in the other
thread from Alex S2 are much better than the ones of timka.
I think timka suspects the coin to be a case
fake " you can see how its edge looks in comparison with true coins"
What is wrong with the edge?
Edges can look different and especially for different emissions they can look different, so the edge must be compared with many authentic
denarii and of course
Denarii of this
Antioch Gordian emissions.
The coin does not look
cast and if there is a
cast fake there must be a mother and often there will be twins.
I am very much confident that this coins shown on Alex S2 pictures is authentic, if I am not very sure about something I am generally silent, to be wrong sucks and is bad for reputations so I do my best to avoid this.
There is a very very
very good Expert for this
Gordian coins he is active in
German numismatik
forum but can be contaced here, he has about 1000 of these
Gordian coins
https://www.colleconline.com/fr/users/269/briacThat it is impossible to authenticate coins based on pictures is not true, it always depends on circumstances, I have heard this before, that you can not authenticate coins based on pictures, but interestingly this Expert (
auction houses or dealers) who are telling this very often and very loud have from time to time
cast fakes or other obvious
fakes in listed which can be easily recognized as such even on pictures and then they have to withdrawn
fakes which have fooled them in hand. You have to realize that dealers and
auction houses have the coins in hand and that they are in most cases notified by collectors and experts who can tell based on pictures that they are
fake.
Having the coin in hand will not
help if the one authenticating person is not
good in authenticating or not familiar with this emission.
NGC is now offering authentication of coins based on
ebay pictures, if picture is really bad they will tell of course that it is not possible but on
good pictures they will do authentication and I think they will do this very reliable.
https://www.ngccoin.com/expert-review-ebay/The most important thing is expertise of the one who is authenticating and if he is familiar with this coins or not, then
very good picture of coin and its edge or coin in hand examined under magnification, then all required information like
weight,
die axis etc.
We have here
very good pictures comparable with having the coin in hand under magnification and a
very good but of course not perfect expert
Curtis (no one is perfect).
May I ask if the coin was expensive and if the coin is really something special becasue of this s?
Maybe I will be interested in
buying it then you do not have to go to court.