L. Appuleius Saturninus denarius

[ardashir]

Hello, my first post on the forum, I hope it's useful.

Recently a denarius with this description was sold on ebay:

The Roman Republic - L. Appuleius Saturninus - AR Denarius (Silver, 17.5mm, 3,5g.), Rome mint c. 104 BC - Head of Roma / Saturn in quadriga Cr. 317/3 a; BMC 1493

Stated as original, to my newbie eye looks tremendously like the coin reported here: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-16957

But I could be mistaken.

What do you think about it?

[dwarf]

Welcome to this forum

You are perfectly right with your observation and the buyer fell victim to the usual ebay-scam.
A nice advise to newbies: stay with respectable dealers (Joe here for example) for the first years of collecting.

Regards
Klaus

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[ardashir]

Thank you!

I din't mention the nickname of the seller because I was not sure. BTW, I've sent 2 messages to him. In the first one, only noting that the weight of the coin wasn't quite right, I asked him for further details and for the recent history of the object. He answered that everything was detailed in the description (not true obviously).

In the second message, after matching the coin to the reported one in the Fake Coin section of the forum, I've directly pointed out the problem to him. Obviously, he didn't answer, and one hour later the auction ended. This makes me feel that the seller is truly dishonest. I'm really sorry for the buyer, I wish I would had wrote him about the bad deal he was up to. I've only reported the object to ebay: they never answered. And it's also quite difficult to find your way in reporting fake coins on ebay...

I'm new to the hobby, not to ancient history and archaeology (I work in a museum). I think that this forum is amazing, and my case is a good example of how good the tools of this website are and how much you people give to this outstanding passion.

[Joe Sermarini]

ardashir, thanks for following the rules.  dwarf did not.

[dwarf]

ardashir, thanks for following the rules.  dwarf did not.

I know that we have differences.
But our Munich dealer should be on the list, too

Ceterum censeo 
And for the know-it-alls
Δοκεῖ δέ μοι καὶ Καρχηδόνα μὴ εἶναι

Regards
Klaus

[Joe Sermarini]

It does not matter if you agree with the rules, you still need to follow them.

[djmacdo]

ardashir,

You have a good eye, especially for someone new to the field.  I hope you keep interest in the subject.  You could make other contributions.  If we can help in any way, let us know.

Mac

[ardashir]

Thank you Mac!