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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JeffsRealm, post: 2540859, member: 81515&quot;]So I was at a coin show this weekend. There was only one guy there selling a few ancients. I bought some out of the 3$ basket, which I will post pictures of later. I am working on trying to identify them myself. Will post them when I identify them or get stuck. </p><p><br /></p><p>He focused mainly on biblical ancients, but he had a couple other ancients there. One though stood out because it had a green tag and it was obviously a early BC coin, you know how they have that look to them. I read the tag and it said something along the lines of and I only know cause I had to look the coin up:</p><p><br /></p><p>KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II 121-91 BC. AR Drachm</p><p><u>Contemporary Counterfeit</u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p>I looked very long and had and there was no bubbling or anything on the surface. So it wasn&#039;t cast, It looked smooth, I had my magnifying glass with me. I didn&#039;t look at it under a microscope though.&nbsp; The back of the coin was slightly worn where some of the letters couldn&#039;t be made out towards the top. So it looks like it did circulate. I know it would be hard to say without a picture, but I am really curious. To me everything looked totally fine and looked like a regular ancient. It didn&#039;t have the slice mark in it, where they test the metal. Would the only give away have been the weight? Which I didn&#039;t take note of, but only thing in retrospect I can think of. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, so my understanding of the words contemporary counterfeit, mean a counterfeit coin but made from the correct time period. Is this true with ancients? </p><p>If so how do they know it is really counterfeit? </p><p>He wan&#039;t 30$ for it which is another thing? Why so much for a counterfeit? </p><p>When encountering ancients how do you tell a real one from a counterfeit if it wasn&#039;t cast? </p><p>I guess, please explain this one to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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