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March 2011

A never ending supply to satisfy the needs of incautious buyers and those who have  never really looked properly at  any Roman  bronzes in a museum or  even in a good book.

As eBay has slightly "improved" over the last couple of years , other auction  websites are being taken over by importers of Bulgarian made modern trinkets like these and which are offered as ancient.

 




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  • Notice how they come  from the same series of modern moulds.

  • Notice how small differences are introduced.

  • Notice how they are (badly) artificially aged in various different surface treatments.










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May 2011.

 

Someone asked on the yahoo group if this bear is genuinely ancient.

 



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Alas, no. Made in Bulgaria I gather. Sold as Roman on eBay and elsewhere sometimes as "repro" sometimes as genuine.

 











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Variations... from the same factory?

 




Yet more, unfortunately>>>>