Good afternoon, Cliff/Kjetil/List Well, I agree with Cliff: for me, are casts I do not think it is a defect of the die, for following reasons I think that is...
Sorry, I mean Then, 3.3*7.31/10.49 = 2.29 gr. With best wishes Lluís ... From: Lluís Mendieta To: CoinForgeryDiscussionList@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
Hi Ramon, These two coins are ready for any horror museum ! The first one is so shapeless that it could be anything, asking price of £. 285 is a joke for a...
What about weight, then? With best wishes Lluís ... From: frank.reinhardt@... To: CoinForgeryDiscussionList@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008...
Hi Cliff/list, forum list this coin as a possible plated forgery. The overall shape of both coins suggest the same mould. Is it perhaps possible that we might...
Marcus/list, Very good question. I do not think we have a list here, but I think it's a very good idea to have one. names could be put forward as to who should...
... The weight of Commodus' denari is very variable: BMC lists denari from well below 2 grams to more than 3 grams. The coin in question is also clearly made...
... denarius is 3,3 gr. I found 3 of similar type (RIC 256) in Coinarchives. The weight is (1) 3,27 grams, (2) 2,38 grams and (3) 1,83 grams. The BMC list 2:...
Well, I could understand that 3,27 is a full silver one, and the others more or less well reached tin silver plated ones....Romans were efficient When I placed...
Hello. If we delete the high weigth and the low weight, we will have 2,372 grams as the average weight of this issue. On average BMC list 2,93 grams as average...
CFDL: Here is a list that originated with Fred Webber and since has evolved. I took it from the FORVM and edited it a bit. I will take nominations for...
Ramon: Excellent catch!!!! It appears that NAC joins the list of very reliable high level dealers that have foolded by this cast crappie Pertinax Providentia ...
Good afternoon, Kjetil/List Well, BM certified the Geneva forgeries as legit. And he got also burnt by the Utmanzai forgeries. Let accept that Commodus coins...
... Then you just miss my point: The average weight of this type is about 2,4 grams. The average general weight of Commodus denari (of all periods) is 2,93....
<Then you just miss my point: The average weight of this type is about <2,4 grams. The average general weight of Commodus denari (of all <periods) is 2,93....
Hello CFDL The FORVM example demonstrates a type of lapping (or overlapping) of the metal I consider is only present in modern forgeries with this type of...
Hello all. Well, I don't think Lluís and I will agree in this issue. ... < ... make an average of some coins. I have searched the net and have now found 12...
Hi Cliff/list, I have got in touch with saxbys on a few occasions informing them of a fake coin listed at the time, but no responce was ever received. they...
Good afternoon Well, I don't think Lluís and I will agree in this issue. I agree with you. I do not think so. I have searched the net and have now found 12...
Good afernoon, Alan/List Thanks a lot for your answer I thought always in casts using the lost wax system. Easy to do with tin, fashion in the epoch in which...
Hello again. I still think we have to base our studies on facts, and not just guesswork. The facts here is the coins of a certain issue. I found two more of...
Kjetil/Lluis/Alan/CFDL: The die matched Commodus Denarii of the origin post have a unique defect at 5:00 on the reverse, around the "G". This defect can not ...
... This is only a question of access to material. I have found 14 different specimens during two hours on the net. The coins is from various sourses, they are...