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Author Topic: not quite an id help.. more like advice help :)  (Read 773 times)

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seth

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not quite an id help.. more like advice help :)
« on: October 02, 2007, 05:30:31 pm »
hello all

iam thinkin to purchase this trajan/pax seated left sestertius for about 35-40eur.
i would need an advice whether to buy it or not and another important thing.. is it real ?
here attached is the sellers pic. please any comment would be helpful.
thanks a lot
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Re: not quite an id help.. more like advice help :)
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2007, 05:32:41 pm »
It looks genuine.
Whether you should buy it (and how much you should spend) depends on how much you like it.

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Re: not quite an id help.. more like advice help :)
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2007, 05:38:22 pm »
thanks andreas
its a bit out of my coin-budget thats why i asked..
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Re: not quite an id help.. more like advice help :)
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2007, 06:10:18 pm »
It looks genuine but

 - how will a brighter photo with more contrast of that coin look?
 - what about those corrosion spots? Will they show up as bronze disease?

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Re: not quite an id help.. more like advice help :)
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2007, 08:45:56 am »
didnt get to see the coin live, the one posted is a sellers picture. its a bit scratched on the obverse and the deposits on the reverse look like hard encrustations. still have a couple of hrs to decide whether or not to buy it ;)
thanks
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