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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 8155509, member: 24091&quot;]Might have been from last month&#039;s edition, but a recent edition of the Numismatist in any case.&nbsp; I remember it was on page 118 because I emailed a friend about it.&nbsp; I sometimes get behind reading journals and what-not, then end-up a month behind when reading them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Agree with the analysis so far, that especially for very rare ancients the existence of only one set of dies serves as an authenticator for the coin.&nbsp; If another heretofore unknown die variety emerged it would be much more suspect of fakery.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the key here is that the coin is so rare.&nbsp; Were it a group of mint state Alexander III AV Staters all struck from the same dies it would be much more suspect, especially in the absence of any provenance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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