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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 495208, member: 57463&quot;]It looks like an arm&#039;s length fake to me.</p><p>I do not have May.</p><p>Can you cite a number even close to this?</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Surface problems&quot;?&nbsp; I think that it has <b>style</b> problems and execution problems.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t know your coins, know your dealer.&nbsp; I started in ancients via The Celator.&nbsp; If someone advertises there, they are all right.&nbsp; Now, we have VCoins and other venues.&nbsp; I look for ANA membership -- ANS, etc., also.&nbsp; Again, however, for me, if you can drive to a show, you can meet a seller of ancients.&nbsp; And, again, there is always May.&nbsp; You can borrow it from the ANA library if you are a member.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing with ancients versus US and even world is the catalog attribution.&nbsp; Reliable sellers identify their coins.&nbsp; I mean, work is work, any some get by with a minumum description, but for something this expensive, if they don&#039;t want to do the work to earn your money, I&#039;d go somewhere else.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hate to be the bearer of bad news.&nbsp; On the other hand, Drusus&#039; warning about the Histaia coins sent me looking and I was prepared for a $50 loss, but happily, I no longer one.&nbsp; So, we all are vulnerable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Be all that as it may, I would return the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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