Late Roman Bronze Coins
Coin talk => Fakes => Topic started by: Victor on February 11, 2013, 03:52:51 PM
more fakes from the "Smederova Hoard" being offered on E-Bay Germany by the seller telcoin
and another from a different seller in Germany
Some more offerings from the "Smederova Hoard" from seller friedenwelt12 in Germany. These things turn up pretty often there.
some more fakes from the "Smederova Hoard" being offered on Ebay in France by seller antiquehistory2013
http://www.ebay.fr/usr/antiquehistory2013
This is a fairly new Ebay account, so maybe he doesn't know that these are fakes.
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/SBC-Lot-of-141-modern-beautiful-Imitations-of-Roman-coins-141-mod-Imitationen-/221337395804?pt=M%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen&hash=item3388bca25c
Cheap :P
Quote from: Nikko on January 08, 2014, 03:40:14 PM
Cheap :P
It is sad that he has had three offers already; but I guess the crooks need more fake coins to sell.
like a bad penny, these keep turning up
I have sent an email to Antiqva ltd about these coins and the Probus aurelianus ( http://www.nummus-bibleii.com/t5190p70-le-tresor-de-smederevo ).
Ansewer : "You are mistaken"
So, Antiqua ltd has entered my black list....
A few other specimens.
And an other Dangerous one (Constantius campgate) which is less offered.
Quote from: Genio popvli romani on February 25, 2016, 04:01:19 PM
I have sent an email to Antiqva ltd about these coins and the Probus aurelianus ( http://www.nummus-bibleii.com/t5190p70-le-tresor-de-smederevo ).
Ansewer : "You are mistaken"
So, Antiqua ltd has entered my black list....
I am glad you contacted him, but it is a shame he did not believe you. So he is either a crook or stupid...or both.
It's been a while since I have seen any of these "Smederova Hoard" coins for sale, much less a collection of them. I don't think the seller is a crook, just clueless.
A couple of reappearances in the next M&M sale, lots 220 and 222 ... these will be popping up forever I suspect
Hopefully they will pull them quickly from the auction.
I got one of these in a cheap lot from an otherwise trustworthy seller a few years ago. I kept it as the other coins were fine and the cost was low. The flan looks and feels like an authentic coin (the scratches are odd), although fake.
These coins can be fairly deceptive, until you are familiar with them. The dies are not bad-- not good, but not bad either. They are also pressed, probably with some sort of hydraulic set up; versus struck.
Yeah it almost feels like mine used a cruddy authentic coin as a flan. Anyway other than the pyre shape, not as obvious as some fakes.
Yes, the flan on your example does look different from the usual suspects; but it's hard to be sure what's going, due to the scratches.
Quote from: Victor on October 21, 2021, 03:12:02 PM
Hopefully they will pull them quickly from the auction.
I used the functionality on Biddr to report them to M&M and received a thank-you email a few days later advising they will be withdrawn, which they have been, which I was pleased to see.
it's good that they pulled it