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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lolli, post: 3811244, member: 96900&quot;]I do not see any real difference to the proven authentic specimens with old pedigree in BM and ANS. I will not compare them with the specimens from huge hoard because it is not clear if all coins from this hoard were actually authentic or if some were fake and if yes which ones (hoards are often mixed with fakes) or if all coins of this hoard were fake. And we know if coins are authentic or not by comparing them with proven authentic coins best with good pedigree or from excavations and this is what I did. Luster of coins can get missing due to wear or environment or due to cleaning and no lustre is no reason to condemn a coin. The silver looks ok of the Leontinoi and like on authentic but harshly cleaned coin coins, not sure what you mean. </p><p>The reason why I posted the Balas is because it is a transfer die&nbsp; with typical transfer die fake problems, like very soft details, missing details which have been recutted like dotted border, transfer errors like the hole in the hair, the to high weight of some of these and impossible die links etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Leontinoi tetradrachms do imho not differ from authentic coin from same issue in museum collections and they do not have typical problems that transfer die fakes have like detail loss, wrongly recutted details, transfer errors and individual characteristics from the mother from striking, circulation or environment which should not be in the transfer dies and which have to be removed (recutted) or problems realated due to not being familar with the issue like wrong planchet, die axis, weight, or impossible die links etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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