Roman coin is very clever fake (From Croydon Guardian)
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Roman coin is very clever fake
11:26am Wednesday 16th June 2004 in
A New Addington grandmother who believed she had been in possession of a Roman coin for the past 25 years has been told her artefact is a "very clever fake" by a local archaeologist.
Despite Iris Slocombe's coin having near-perfect detail on one side, the other side was factually incorrect and gave it away as a copy.
An expert from Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society said Mrs Slocombe's suspected prehistoric fossilised sea urchin was authenticated as a genuine artefact.
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