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<p>[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 3667203, member: 100731"]So I have the possibility to buy an Ambiani stater for a reasonable price (€700, which is not cheap nor too expensive). I've bought coins from this dealer before, but have little experience with Celtic gold coinage. Hence the question: do you consider this coin genuine? I have no objective reasons to doubt it: the weight is within normal range (6 gram), as is the diameter (17.5 mm). The style is comparable to others I've found online, e.g. at CNG. The edges show some small splits. </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I dont like, are the holes in the lowest horizontal line. It doesn't really look like casting pits, but I've not found comparable 'holed' horizontal lines in the examples online. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]986084[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GAUL, Northeast. <i>Ambiani</i>. </b>Circa 58-55 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 6.15 g). Gallic War issue. Plain bulge / Disjointed horse right; crescents and pellets around. </p><p>D&T 241; Scheers 154; De la Tour 8710; SCBC 11. Good VF, a few light scratches on the obverse</p><p><br /></p><p>These ones shows resemblance: </p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=342249" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=342249" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=342249</a></p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=241335" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=241335" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=241335</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I could not find a comparable example at FORVM Fakes. </p><p>Any imput is appreciated, as always.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 3667203, member: 100731"]So I have the possibility to buy an Ambiani stater for a reasonable price (€700, which is not cheap nor too expensive). I've bought coins from this dealer before, but have little experience with Celtic gold coinage. Hence the question: do you consider this coin genuine? I have no objective reasons to doubt it: the weight is within normal range (6 gram), as is the diameter (17.5 mm). The style is comparable to others I've found online, e.g. at CNG. The edges show some small splits. One thing I dont like, are the holes in the lowest horizontal line. It doesn't really look like casting pits, but I've not found comparable 'holed' horizontal lines in the examples online. [ATTACH=full]986084[/ATTACH] [B]GAUL, Northeast. [I]Ambiani[/I]. [/B]Circa 58-55 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 6.15 g). Gallic War issue. Plain bulge / Disjointed horse right; crescents and pellets around. D&T 241; Scheers 154; De la Tour 8710; SCBC 11. Good VF, a few light scratches on the obverse These ones shows resemblance: [URL]https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=342249[/URL] [URL]https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=241335[/URL] I could not find a comparable example at FORVM Fakes. Any imput is appreciated, as always.[/QUOTE]
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