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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24653720, member: 26430&quot;]Unfortunately that&#039;s a well-known forgery. This NIKO XII has been around since at least 1995 (when Joel Malter published two specimens in his <i>Bibliography of Byzantine Numismatics</i> v 2; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/8481366" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/8481366">I shared the photos in a comment here</a>). The number of these around is unbelievable, they regularly appear in Biddr auctions. Once you see a few, they&#039;re very recognizable.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a whole thread about this particular forgery (even including another specimen that broke in half -- but vertically, not horizontally): <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-fakes.350625/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-fakes.350625/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-fakes.350625/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a Reddit post today with this same forgery: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/comments/155epmc/i_just_inherited_these_i_dont_know_what_they_are/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/comments/155epmc/i_just_inherited_these_i_dont_know_what_they_are/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/comments/155epmc/i_just_inherited_these_i_dont_know_what_they_are/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also: I hate it when sellers tape the coins to something for shipping![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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